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Taverner's Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii tavernerni) profile; average length: 27"; average wingspan: 47"; weight: 4.5-6 lbs.
Viewed: 180 times.
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| Taverner's Cackling Goose - stubby bill with nearly straight culmen, fairly steep forehead, roundish head; this individual has a paler breast than most; easily confused with Lesser Canada Goose.
Viewed: 245 times.
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| Taverner's Cackling Goose - as with the other subspecies of Cackling and Canada Goose, occasionally has a white neck band. Usually has paler breast than Lesser Canada Goose, though there is lots of variation in breast color of both.
Viewed: 81 times.
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| Taverner's' Cackling Goose (front) with Lesser Canada Goose (back) - Taverner's is slightly smaller with stubbier bill and rounder head.
Viewed: 263 times.
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| Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii minima) profile; average length: 25"; average wingspan: 43"; weight: 3-4 lbs.
Viewed: 158 times.
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| Cackling Goose - smallest of the Cackling Geese subspecies; very small bill; very dark breast in adults, paler in immatures; adult breast color tinted with purple; barely larger than a Mallard.
Viewed: 232 times.
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Cackling Goose adult - very dark breast that is almost purple.
Viewed: 74 times.
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| Cackling Goose immature - paler breast than adult; this one shows narrow white neck band.
Viewed: 64 times.
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| Aleutian Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia) profile; average length: 27"; average wingspan: 48"; weight: 4.5-5.5 lbs.
Viewed: 160 times.
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| Aleutian Cackling Goose - small size, very small bill, dark chin stripe on throat that separates cheek patches, wide white band on neck.
Viewed: 225 times.
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| Aleutian Cackling Goose - dark breast (bright sun makes this bird look paler than it really is).
Viewed: 223 times.
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| Richardson's Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii) profile; average length: 27"; average wingspan: 47"; weight: 3-7 lbs.
Viewed: 168 times.
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Richardson's Cackling Goose - largest of the Cackling Geese; squarish head, steep forehead, usually has very pale breast.
Viewed: 249 times.
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| Richardson's Cackling Goose (right) with Taverner's Cackling Goose (left) - Richardson's is slightly larger, head is squarer with steeper forehead.
Viewed: 231 times.
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| Moffit's or Great Basin Canada Goose (Branta canadensis moffitii) profile; average length: 45"; average wingspan: 60"; weight: 8-14 lbs.
Viewed: 151 times.
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| Moffit's (Great Basin) Canada Goose - largest and most common of the CANG in the Western U. S. Large bill, pale breast.
Viewed: 220 times.
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| Moffit's (Great Basin) Canada Goose; large size, large concave bill, pale breast. Some individuals have a white neck band.
Viewed: 235 times.
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| Dusky Canada Goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis) profile; average length: 38"; wingspan: 55"; average weight: 7-9 lbs.
Viewed: 138 times.
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Dusky Canada Goose - darkest of the subspecies of Canada Goose and smaller than all CANG subspecies but Lesser Canada Goose.
Viewed: 43 times.
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| Dusky Canada Goose - frequently shows a very round head.
Viewed: 243 times.
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| Dusky Canada Goose - very dark breast; very similar to Vancouver Canada Goose, though slightly smaller; difficult to separate these two subspecies in the field.
Viewed: 238 times.
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| Lesser Canada Goose (Branta canadensis parvipes) profile; average length: 36"; wingspan: 53"; average weight: 5-6 lbs.
Viewed: 150 times.
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| Lesser Canada Goose - smallest of the Canada Goose subspecies; similar to Taverner's Cackling Goose, though slightly larger, larger bill, usually paler breast.
Viewed: 83 times.
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| Lesser Canada Goose (front) with Moffit's (Great Basin) Canada Goose (back) - very similar in appearance to Moffit's, though much smaller.
Viewed: 266 times.
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Giant Canada Goose (Branta canadensis maxima)profile - largest of the Canada Goose subspecies. Weight: 14-15 lbs.
Viewed: 57 times.
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| Giant Canada Goose - largest of the Canada Goose subspecies; AOU removed it from CANG subspecies list due to interbreeding with other subspecies.
Viewed: 69 times.
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| Giant Canada Goose - large size; pale breast; usually has white patch on forehead; white cheek patch very large.
Viewed: 82 times.
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