North American Bird Search Box
This search box can be used to find bird species using bird's english, french or latin name, or to identify bird by its 4 letter Alpha Code
Field Guide for all the Birds of North America
Cackling Goose
4 Letter (english names) Alpha Code: CACG (1)
Bernache de Hutchins
Branta hutchinsii
Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities
Life, Habitat and Pictures of North American Geese
| B L | W W | W | Family | Latin Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25" 63.5cm | 43" 109.2cm | 3.5lb 1.6kg | Anatidae | Branta hutchinsii |
North American Birds Videos
- Click here - Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima) - Small
- Click here - Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii tavernri) - Taverner's
- Click here - Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia) - Aleutian
- Summer
- Year Around
- Winter
The Cackling Goose looks quite similar to the typical Canada Goose. But, it is approx. one third of its size. This waterfowl is the smallest goose seen in North America. There are five known sub-species of this goose, they can be found from northern Quebec, across the arctic tundra, all the way westward to the tip of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. These five sub-species are the Richardson's Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii), Aleutian Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia), Small Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minimas), Taverner's Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii taverneri), Berring Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii asiatica), which has been classified extinct since 1929.
References to Other Bird Sites:
Avibase - the world bird database This site provides the user with a complete list of bird species, broken down per country, or in the example of the US or Canada, per state and province. Here, bird species names are available in other languages, a great asset to be used as a translation of foreign bird names.
ABA - American Birding Association This site represents an organization that maintains official records of all birds species that have been proven to have been seen inside the perimeters of the North American Continent and the surrounding bodies of water. Regular revised versions are posted to keep the bird list current at all times. This is the list used by all serious birders over their lifetime. You may be aware of the movie called the "Big Year". It was with this list that all the competing birders used in an attempt to set a new record as to how many bird species that could be seen by an individual birder in one calendar year.
I hope you will take advantage of these suggested websites. I have used each of them, in one way or another, throughout the years in my quest to better identify and understand our fine feathered friends.