The Canada Goose was named by Linnaeus in 1758, and gets its name from its breeding range.
It is of course perfectly acceptable and correct to call one a "Canadian goose" if you see it's passport or some other verification of its citizenship. Best, Laura Erickson On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Jeff Stephenson <stephensonj...@charter.net > wrote: > > I just read the information below on Wiki Answers. I don't know if it's > true (anybody else know) but if so then since the goose was named after a > person not Canada then it makes sense that it shouldn't be called a Canadian > Goose. I also didn't know a person could name a new species after > themselves. > > ***************************** > John Canada was the taxidermist who first identified and classified the > Canada Goose from the North. He decided to name the bird after himself, > hence the name Canada Goose. > > ***************************** > Jeff Stephenson > Olmsted County, Rochester MN > Cell Phone 507 254 8194 > Home Phone 507 289 7635 > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- -- Laura Erickson Science Editor Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 607-254-1114 If you've found this information useful, I hope you'll consider supporting our work on behalf of birds and other wildlife. In addition to knowing that you'll be making a difference for conservation, you'll receive our award-winning Living Bird magazine and informative BirdScope newsletter four times a year. We invite you to join our "force for nature." To sign up or watch our video about membership, visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu/NetCommunity/membership or call us at 1-800-843-2473. For the love, understanding, and protection of birds There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
