Cackling Goose
Miniature Canada goose ( Branta hutchinsii )
The dwarf Canada goose ( Branta hutchinsii ) is a species of goose belonging to the family Anatidae. It is recognized as a distinct species since 2004. The subspecies, which are now referred to as a dwarf Canada goose has been previously attributed to the Canada goose. Taxonomists had the distribution of subspecies of the Canada Goose in at least two, if not three or four new species requires time and again since the 1970s. The separation into two types was adopted by the American Ornithologist Union in 2004; the British Ornithologists' Union followed this adoption in June 2005.
The dwarf Canada goose coming from Canada prior to Mexico and in Japan.
The IUCN estimates that the total abundance of the species to 100,000 to 1 million animals and classifies them as safely.
As the Canada Goose has also dwarf Canada goose on a white throat band. The distinction of the today the Canada Goose attributed species is not easy, because the species are very similar. Basically, it is slightly smaller than the Canada goose and has a short neck and a short beak. Their plumage is colored either completely dark or it is dark with a bright collar. Compared to the Canada Goose her voice is higher and klärrender. She calls " gek - gek ", " Jilk Jilk - a- lick " or " aik ".
In the literature it is sometimes pointed out that Canada geese have an even greater Nistplatztreue the further north they breed. It refers here to the dwarf Canada goose. This species is only a short window for the successful rearing of their young available. You should therefore start with their nest directly after returning and often chooses this for sites where it has previously been successfully brought up in their young.