Small cackling goose | |
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A Ridgway’s goose with eggs | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Branta |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | B. h. minima
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Trinomial name | |
Branta hutchinsii minima (Ridgway, 1885)
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The small cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii minima), also known as the Ridgway's goose, is the smallest subspecies of cackling goose and the smallest variant of white-cheeked goose.