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Cackling Goose page 1
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Scroll down for three photos of Cackling
Geese at Coyote Pond in Markham, found by Stan Long on 5 October 2004. |
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In July 2004, the American
Ornithologists' Union (AOU) split the Canada Goose into two species: the
large-bodied forms called Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), and the
small-bodied forms called Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii). Richardson's Goose is one of the
four small subspecies included in the new species called Cackling Goose.
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One Canada Goose and three
Cackling Geese at Coyote Pond in Markham. These Cackling Geese Branta
hutchinsii hutchinsii, are the nominate subspecies, formerly known as
Richardson's Canada Goose. |
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Two Cackling Geese Branta
hutchinsii hutchinsii
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One Canada Goose and one
Cackling Goose.
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