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context source (Bermuda)Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp[details]
basis of recordBanks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.[details]
additional sourceRobbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.[details]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
United Kingdom
From regional or thematic species database
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Unreviewed
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Mexico
New Zealand
North Atlantic Ocean
Sweden
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in United Kingdom (Nation) : Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]
Unreviewed
Diet variety of grasses, wheat, beans, rice and corn and aquatic plants [details] Dimensions Length: 25"-45" (64 cm-114 cm) [details] Distribution North America; Oceania [details] Habitat swamps, marshes, meadows, lakes and shorelines [details] Reproduction Breeds from Baffin Island to Alaska and south to Newfoundland, rarely Maine and Massachusetts, Kansas, and northern California. Breed in open or forested areas near water. Winters from southern Canada to the Gulf States and Mexico. [details]