Cackling goose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Cackling goose Branta hutchinsii Least concern

Where the cackling goose lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)IntroducedRepresentative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 913,202 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See ducks, geese & swans on the world map

Cackling goose: AleutianCanadaGoose2 — Photo: Roy Lowe/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Branta hutchinsii
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the cackling goose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the cackling goose in 8 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. In Belgium, United Kingdom, Sweden it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

United States
Canada
Belgium (introduced)
Sweden (introduced)
United Kingdom (introduced)
Mexico
Japan
Germany

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the cackling goose endangered?

The cackling goose’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the cackling goose?

The cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Branta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the cackling goose

The cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) is a species of goose found in North America and East Asia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cackling goose (revision 1381468051), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q244189 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).