Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)

More Cackling Goose photos from Midway

Species Account

Ordered chronologically (not necessarily by HRBP number)

HRBP 5297. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima). AMNH 730931, collected Kanalowa, Kaua'i, 16 Mar 1891. Photo © Moe Flannery
HRBP 5298. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima). AMNH 730931, collected Kanalowa, Kaua'i, 16 Mar 1891. Photo © Moe Flannery
HRBP 5299. Lable for Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima). AMNH 730931, collected Kanalowa, Kaua'i, 16 Mar 1891. Photo © Moe Flannery
HRBP 5300. Lable for Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima). AMNH 730931, collected Kanalowa, Kaua'i, 16 Mar 1891. Photo © Moe Flannery
HRBP 5301. Lable for Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima). AMNH 730931, collected Kanalowa, Kaua'i, 16 Mar 1891. Photo © Moe Flannery
HRBP 5645. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima), top, from unknown location, Honolulu Zoo, 12 Dec 1967, and Canada Goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis or parvipes), bottom, collected Moloka'i. BPBM 145464 and 7079 respectively. Photo © Peter Pyle
HRBP 5646. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima), top, from unknown location, Honolulu Zoo, 12 Dec 1967, and Canada Goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis or parvipes), bottom, collected Moloka'i. BPBM 145464 and 7079 respectively. Photo © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0430. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii, minima?). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 1 Jan 1979. © Reginald David
HRBP 0394. Cackling Goose (l) (Branta canadensis taverneri), with Canada Goose. Honouliuli NWR, O'ahu, 1 Nov 1981. © Robert J. Shallenberger. See also HRBPs 690-691 and 695.
HRBP 0690. Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii taverneri (l) and minima (c)) with Canada Goose and Greater White-fronted Geese. Honouliuli NWR, O'ahu, 1 Feb 1982. © Peter V. Donaldson
HRBP 0691. Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii taverneri (l) and minima (r)) with Canada Goose and Greater White-fronted Geese. Honouliuli NWR, O'ahu, 1 Feb 1982. © Peter V. Donaldson
HRBP 0695. Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii taverneri (r) and minima (l)) with Canada Goose. Honouliuli NWR, O'ahu, 1 Feb 1982. © Peter V. Donaldson
HRBP 0395. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kahuku, O'ahu, 1 Aug 1983. © Robert J. Shallenberger
HRBP 0396. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kahuku, O'ahu, 1 Aug 1983. © Robert J. Shallenberger
HRBP 0238. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kahuku, O'ahu, 21 Aug 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0314. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kahuku, O'ahu, 30 Sep 1983. © Peter V. Donaldson
HRBP 0431. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii taverneri). Kea'au, Hawai'i Island, 29 Jul 1984. © Reginald David
HRBP 0515. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kahuku, O'ahu, 7 Feb 1986. © Peter V. Donaldson
HRBP 0516. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kahuku, O'ahu, 7 Feb 1986. © Peter V. Donaldson
HRBP 0517. Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii, 1 leucopareia and 4 minima). Kahuku, O'ahu, 7 Feb 1986. © Peter V. Donaldson
HRBP 0518. Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii, 1-2 leucopareia, 5-6 minima). Kahuku, O'ahu, 7 Feb 1986. © Peter V. Donaldson
HRBP 0519. Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii, 1 leucopareia and 4 minima). Kahuku, O'ahu, 7 Feb 1986. © Peter V. Donaldson
HRBP 0776. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 27 Mar 1988. © Reginald David
HRBP 0847. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 23 Dec 1988. © Kamal Islam
HRBP 0842. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 1 Jan 1989. © Kamal Islam
HRBP 0843. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 1 Jan 1989. © Kamal Islam
HRBP 0844. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 1 Jan 1989. © Kamal Islam
HRBP 0845. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 1 Jan 1989. © Kamal Islam
HRBP 0846. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 1 Jan 1989. © Kamal Islam
1442. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 25 Oct 1991. © H. Douglas Pratt
HRBP 1112. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kailua, O'ahu, 9 Dec 1996. © Linda Paul
HRBP 1435. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kailua, O'ahu, 9 Dec 1996. © Linda Paul
HRBP 1113. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kailua, O'ahu, 15 Dec 1996. © Linda Paul
HRBP 1433. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kailua, O'ahu, 15 Dec 1996. © Linda Paul
HRBP 1434. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kailua, O'ahu, 15 Dec 1996. © Linda Paul
HRBP 1385. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia), with Laysan Albatross. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1 Jan 1997. © Thomas Heatley. See here for more images of this bird.
HRBP 1115. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kailua, O'ahu, 20 Mar 1997. © Leilani Pyle
HRBP 1251. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima), with two Canada Geese. Hanalei NWR, Kaua'i, 1 Jan 1999. © Chistian Melgar
HRBP 5136. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia). Kailua, O'ahu, 1 Jan 2000. © H. Doglas Pratt
HRBP 1314. Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii, minima (l) and leucopareia (r)?). Hanalei NWR, Kaua'i, 1 Mar 2000. © Christian Melgar
HRBP 5018. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii, leucopareia?). Waikea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 4 Aug 2003. © Reginald David
HRBP 5129. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima). Honouliuli NWR, O'ahu, 5 Dec 2004. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 5190. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia), left, with Canada Goose (B.c. parvipes). Hawaii Kai, O'ahu, 17 Jan 2005. © Eric VanderWerf
HRBP 5205. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima). Kilauea Point NWR, Kaua'i, 26 Feb 2005. © Brenda Zaun
HRBP 5258. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima). Honouliuli NWR, O'ahu, 12 Aug 2005. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 5220. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii). Ki'i NWR, O'ahu, 6 Nov 2005. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 5291. Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii minima and leucopareia), with Canada Geese (upper left and adjacent bird). Waiakea Pond, Hawai'i Island, 17 Mar 2006. © George Armistead
HRBP 5303. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima), with Greater White-fronted Goose and Nene, Kilauea Point NWR, Kaua'i, 24 Aug 2006. © Brenda Zaun
HRBP 5257. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima and taverneri). Honouliuli NWR, O'ahu, 2 Nov 2006. © Brendan Doe
HRBP 5674. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia), left, with Greater White-fronted Goose. Kure Atoll, 1 Oct 2009. © Cynthia Vanderlip
HRBP 5708. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii taverneri), right, with Bristle-thighed Curlew and Hawaiian Coot. Ki'i Unit of JCNWR, O'ahu, 17 Nov 2009. © Mike Lohr
HRBP 5723. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii taverneri), right, with Greater White-fronted Geese and other waterbirds. Ki'i Unit of JCNWR, O'ahu, 19 Nov 2009. © Mike Lohr
     
HRBP 5709. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii taverneri), rear, with Black Brant. Ki'i Unit of JCNWR, O'ahu, 20 Nov 2009. © Mike Lohr
     
Photographs and images contributed to Hawaii Rare Bird Photograph (HRBP) file, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu and part of The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle. See Introduction for more information.