Cackling goose
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Name (Latin)
Cackling goose
Other forms of name
Aleutian cackling goose
Aleutian Canada goose
Aleutian goose
Baffin Canada goose
Branta canadensis hutchinsii
Branta canadensis leucopareia
Branta hutchinsii
Branta leucopareia
Canada goose, Aleutian
Canada goose, Baffin
Canada goose, Lesser
Canada goose, Richardson
Hutchins's cackling goose
Hutchins's goose
Lesser Canada goose
Richardson Canada goose
Richardson's cackling goose
Taverner's cackling goose
Tundra goose
See Also From tracing topical name
Branta
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q244189
Library of congress:
sh2006000958
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Kraege, D. Washington State status report for the Aleutian Canada goose, 2005:p. iii (Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia); the Aleutian Canada goose was formerly one of 11 recognized subspecies of Canada goose. This subspecies was recently assigned to a new species known as the cackling goose (B. hutchinsii), which is separate from the Canada goose (American Ornithologists' Union 2004))
- The A.O.U. check-list of North American birds, 7th ed., via WWW, Feb. 3, 2006(Branta hutchinsii, Cackling Goose)
- Avibase : the world bird database, via WWW, Feb. 3, 2006(Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii). Synonyms: Baffin Canada goose, Canada goose, Hutchins's Goose, Lesser Canada Goose, Richardson Canada goose, Tundra Goose, Branta canadensis hutchinsii; Aleutian Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Synonyms: Aleutian Canada goose, Tundra Goose, Branta canadensis leucopareia, Branta hutchinsii leucopareia, Branta leucopareia)
- Identification and range of subspecies within the (greater) Canada and (lesser Canada) cackling goose complex (Branta canadensis & B. hutchinsii), via WWW, Feb. 3, 2006("In their 45th supplement to the Check-list of North American Birds (Banks et al. 2004), the American Ornithologist's Union's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature voted to split the Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) into two species: Canada Goose (B. canadensis) and Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii). The AOU has partitioned the generally accepted subspecies as follows: ... Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii): hutchinsii [Richardson's], asiatica [Bering (extinct)], leucopareia [Aleutian], taverneri [other part of Lesser complex], and minima. Collectively named Lesser Canada Goose by BOURC (June 2005)")
- Sibley, D.A. Identification of Canada and cackling goose, updated Oct. 7, 2004, via WWW, Feb. 3, 2006("One of the most significant changes for birders in the 45th supplement of the AOU checklist (Banks et al 2004) was the split of Canada Goose into two species ... The large-bodied group is still known as Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) while the small-bodied group takes the name Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)". B. h. hutchinsii - Richardson's (or Hutchins's) Cackling Goose; B. h. taverneri - Taverner's (Alaska) Cackling Goose; B. h. minima - Cackling Cackling Goose; B. h. leucopareia - Aleutian Cackling Goose - includes asiatica (extinct))
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Wikipedia description:
The cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) is a species of goose found in North America and East Asia.
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