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Ross's Goose

Chen rossii

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in 11 of 64 parishes and 4 habitats.

Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
11 of 64 parishes
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
11 of 64 parishes
Habitats
4
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Louisiana 4

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 4

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

WinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

WinterOnly within 500 m of water.West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie; Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterOnly within 500 m of water.Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (30)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.

  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Western Great Plains Foothill and Piedmont Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Western Great Plains Sand Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • North American Arid West Emergent Marsh Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Open Freshwater Depression Wetland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Closed Depression Wetland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Saline Depression Wetland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Floodplain Winter.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 10 of 64 parishes.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in 3 of 64 parishes.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 139

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 263

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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