Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsii
小美洲黑雁
IUCN: Least Concern
Found in China
Taxonomy
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Branta
- eBird Code
- cacgoo1
Subspecies (4)
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Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii
breeds north-central arctic Canada; winters in the south-central USA (New Mexico to Louisiana, rarely eastward to New York) and northeastern Mexico
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Branta hutchinsii leucopareia
breeds locally in Aleutian and Semidi islands, Alaska (formerly bred from Kuril and Commander islands eastward to near Kodiak Island); winters Oregon and California
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Branta hutchinsii minima
breeds coastal western Alaska; winters primarily in California
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Branta hutchinsii taverneri
breeds central Alaska to Mackenzie River delta; winters to Mexico