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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. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (7)
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
  • Tamaulipan Floodplain Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Winter.
Midwest (4)
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Western Great Plains Open Freshwater Depression Wetland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Saline Depression Wetland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Sand Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
West (4)
  • North American Arid West Emergent Marsh Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Closed Depression Wetland Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Foothill and Piedmont Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (15)
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Winter.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland 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.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
  • 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.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems 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.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 85

Plant genera in its diet records (2)
  • Stellaria 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Carex 1 diet record. 84 native plants in Louisiana

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 153

Plants 958

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Louisiana

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 179

Plants 20

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Louisiana

Prairies and grasslands

Birds 69

Plants 160

All of prairies and grasslands in Louisiana

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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