Species: Chen canagica

F - 20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles) - F - More than 90 percent total breeding population is concentrated In the eastern Bering Sea region along the coast of western Alaska (Kuskokwim Bay to Kotzebue Sound), with additional nesting on St. Lawrence and Nunivak islands, and small numbers in eastern Asia, principally in the Anaydr lowlands and southern Chukotka (Eisenhauer and Kirkpatrick 1977; E. Syroechkovskiy Jr., pers. comm.). In winter, most of the population is in the Aleutian Islands, but the range extends eastward along the southern side of the Alaskan Peninsula and to the Kodiak Island Archipelago, and small numbers winter in eastern Asia, primarily in the Commander Islands. The species winters irregularly southward along the North American Pacific coast to California and in eastern Asia to Kamchatka, casually in Hawaii. Geese breeding in Siberia evidently winter and migrate with Alaskan breeding birds (Schmutz and Kondratyev 1995). Most of the global population spends spring and fall staging periods on the Alaska Peninsula (Nelson Lagoon having the greatest number). Major staging areas include the northern sides of the Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay, and shallow bays and lagoons near Cape Newenham and Kuskokwim Bay (AOU 1983, Eisenhauer and Kirkpatrick 1977).<br><br>Coded range extent refers to breeding range.