Cackling Goose
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska

Cackling Goose: for more photos, see Sitka Nature Photo Gallery for Branta hutchinsii
Locale | Sp | Su | F | W | Br |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SE Alaska (edit) | U | VR | U | VR | - |
Yakutat (edit) | FC | - | ? | - | - |
Skagway (edit) | - | - | - | - | - |
Haines (edit) | R | - | R | - | - |
Glacier Bay (edit) | U | VR | U | - | - |
Juneau (edit) | O | + | O | - | - |
Sitka (edit) | U | - | U | VR | - |
Stikine (edit) | |||||
S Outer Islands (edit) | |||||
Ketchikan (edit) | ? | - | ? | - | - |
Offshore (edit) |
- Main migration timing?
- High counts and/or significant staging areas?
- Subspecies notes? Small to medium-sized flocks of both Aleutian subspecies and minima go through Sitka
Local Notes
- Glacier Bay/Cackling Goose: (edit)
- Haines/Cackling Goose: As Lesser Canada Goose (edit)
- Juneau/Cackling Goose: Aleutian race +,-,+,- (edit)
- Ketchikan/Cackling Goose: (edit)
- Sitka/Cackling Goose: Occurence is uncertain due to recent split from Canada Goose and poor records of subspecies prior to split. Probably Uncommon in migration and Very Rare in Winter. (edit)
- Skagway/Cackling Goose: Not known to occur (edit)
- Yakutat/Cackling Goose: (edit)
References
Weblinks
- Search Arctos Database for Cackling Goose (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Cackling Goose (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Branta hutchinsii
- iNaturalist Observations for Branta hutchinsii in Southeast Alaska
Other References