The cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) is a species of goose found in North America and East Asia. The genus name Branta is a Latinised form of Old Norse...
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from the cackling goose, which slightly overlap in mass. However, most subspecies of the cackling goose (exclusive of Richardson's cackling goose, B. h....
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Aleutian cackling goose was formerly thought to be a subspecies of the Canada goose, as Branta canadensis leucopareia. The Bering cackling goose, a related...
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similarity to the brant goose, genetic analysis has shown it is an eastern derivative of the cackling goose lineage. The barnacle goose was first classified...
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The small cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii minima), also known as the Ridgway's goose, is the smallest subspecies of cackling goose and the smallest variant...
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are fertile. Rare hybrids with the greater white-fronted goose, Canada goose, and cackling goose have been observed. Snow geese breed from late May to mid-August...
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Canada goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis) is a subspecies of the Canada goose. They are the darkest variant, similar to the Pacific cackling goose. Tagged...
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population decline include competing with the cackling goose for food and the preying of goslings. The emperor goose is listed as near threatened on the IUCN...
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Branta (redirect from Black goose)
other geese, though some very large taxa are known, which rival the swan goose and the black-necked swan in size. The Eurasian species of black geese have...
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The Aleutian subspecies of cackling goose nests on the islands in significant numbers, and common eider and emperor goose winter in the area. Black oystercatchers...
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