Species: Branta hutchinsii
Cackling Goose
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Branta
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Un Ganso - bernache de Hutchins
Informal Taxonomy
<p>Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Waterfowl</p>
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae - Branta - as recognized by Delacour (1956).
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
<p>false - false - false</p>
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2005-09-12
Global Status Last Changed
2004-11-23
Other Status
<p>LC - Least concern</p>
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Breeds locally on the Aleutian Islands, Semidi Islands (off Alaska Peninsula), formerly Bering Island and Kuriles; western and northern Alaska east to northern Yukon and Mackenzie Delta, south to Bristol Bay, the Alaska Peninsula, and central Yukon; and near the Arctic coast of Northwest Territories and Nunavut from Queen Maud Gulf east to Melville Peninsula, Southampton Island, and western Baffin Bay.<br><br>Winters from British Columbia south to California, east to northern Mexico and western Louisiana. Formerly wintered in Japan. Casual or accidental in Hawaii and east to the Florida panhandle, and the Atlantic coast of the United States from Mainie to South Carolina.