Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Snow Goose FAMILY - Anatidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chen caerulescens caerulescens SYNONYMS - Anas caerulescens [White Morph] and Anser hyperboreus [Blue Morph] REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Questionable in Bze, Possible but needs verification. 4 Insufficient information, uncertain 4 Accidental-Bze not part of normal range. 2 Accidental-Bze not part of normal range. 3 District Reference Orange Walk 5 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 5 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 5 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 5 General Distribution Comments 2* 1 record as accidental, northern hardwood forest. 5* A white morph bird at Tres Leguas, O.W. Dist. Jan 29 to Feb 12, 1991 seen by C.S. Robbins is the second record for Belize. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 3 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p. 4 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program. 5 Howell, S.N.G., B.A. Dowell, D.A. James, R.A. Behrstock and C.S. Robbins. 1992. New and noteworthy bird records from Belize. Bulletin British Orinthological Club. 112:235-244.
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