Small cackling goose
| Small cackling goose | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Trinomial name | |
| Branta hutchinsii minima (Ridgway, 1885) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.