Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds


Cackling Goose

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Also known as the Tundra Goose, and the Lesser Canada Goose, and Baffin Canada Goose

Danish : Dværgcanadagås, Lys Dværgcanadagås

Greenlandic : Nedlenuk, Nookliuk

Scientific:
Branta canadensis

Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Genus:
Branta

Length: 21.6-29.5 in (55-75 cm)

Weight: 33.5-105.8 oz (950-3000 g)

Patrik Åberg, XC406173. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/406173

References :

Avibase The World Bird Database. Branta [canadensis or hutchinsii. 2018.

Mowbray, Thomas B., Craig R. Ely, James S. Sedinger and Robert E. Trost. 2002. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

 

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