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Illustration of a Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) egg, 72.7 × 48 mm
Illustration © 2026 Lincoln Savi, Savi Made. Free to use with credit.

Branta hutchinsii

  • 72.7 × 48 mm
  • Clutch: 2–8 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States

Creamy white.

Sources of information

Size
Average of 110 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl, Part 2 (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 130, 1925), p. 233.
Description
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Cackling Goose, Life History.
Clutch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
Shape
Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).

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