Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii [Richardson, 1832] |
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Order:
Anatiformes
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Family: Anatidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 1664 | |
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Number in Britain:
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Status in UK:
(A) Records under Review
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Subspecies:
recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
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Wingspan: 125 cm |
Weight:
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Scientific name from:
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ON: brandgas=burnt goose and after T. Hutchins (1730-90), employee of Hudson's Bay Co., Canada |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: c&w Canada, Alaska, WINTERS: s US & Mexico |
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Habitat:
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Marsh, meadows, lakes & tundra, also estuaries |
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Diet:
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Plant material, incl. roots, tubers, shoots, leaves, mostly grazing on land |
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TitBit:
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Although not officially yet recorded in Britain, several small Canada geese have been reported, one or more of which may be this species and hence genuine vagrants from across the Atlantic. |
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Lesser Canada Goose | |
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Split from Branta canadensis
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Cabot, D. 2009 Wildfowl Collins, London | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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BirdLife species page
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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