Subspecies: Aleutian Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia)

Information About

Aleutian Cackling Goose

Quick Facts
Latin

Branta hutchinsii leucopareia

Yup'ik

laqlaqlaaraq

Other Names

Aleutian cackling goose, Branta canadensis leucognaphalus,

Aleutian Cackling Goose in Detail.
About

Aleutian Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia) were once thought extinct until a surviving group was found in 1962, on Buldir Island, by Robert Jones. They look like most any Cackling Geese with a black head and neck with white cheeks, but a white ring at the base of the neck, and smaller in size.

Habitat & Range

Aleutian Cackling Goose winter in California and Oregon.