---
title: "Bernikla północna"
description: "Branta hutchinsii — Ptaki. The cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) is a species of goose found in North America and East Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/cackling-goose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bernikla północna

> Branta hutchinsii — Ptaki. The cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) is a species of goose found in North America and East Asia.

- Scientific name: *Branta hutchinsii*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki), `arctic` (Arktyka)
- iNaturalist observations: 16563
- Wikidata: [Q244189](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244189)
- iNaturalist taxon: [59220](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59220)

## Names

- en: Cackling Goose
- de: Zwergkanadagans
- es: Ganso Canadiense Menor
- fr: Bernache de Hutchins
- nl: Kleine Canadese gans
- pt: Ganso-da-tundra
- pl: Bernikla północna

## Countries with the most observations

US (12126), CA (2686), MX (98), DE (38), NL (27), JP (21), KR (21), GB (18), BE (12), FR (6), IE (6), CN (5)

## Summary

The cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) is a species of goose found in North America and East Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cackling_goose

## Photo

![Bernikla północna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cackling-goose/medium.jpg)

Photo: Reuven Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19871676

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cackling-goose?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).