Bird
Cackling Goose
Branta hutchinsii
A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in 23 of 64 parishes and 4 habitats.
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 23 of 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 4

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Winter
- Nesting
- Not known to nest here
- Range
- 23 of 64 parishes
- Habitats
- 4
- Habitat models
- Winter
Where it lives
The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.
Habitats in Louisiana 4
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (23)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (1)
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
Midwest (7)
- Central Mixedgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Central Tallgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Great Plains Prairie Pothole Winter.
- Western Great Plains Open Freshwater Depression Wetland Winter.
- Western Great Plains Saline Depression Wetland Winter.
- Western Great Plains Sand Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Western Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
West (6)
- California Central Valley and Southern Coastal Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- California Mesic Serpentine Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Columbia Basin Palouse Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Western Great Plains Closed Depression Wetland Winter.
- Western Great Plains Foothill and Piedmont Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Western Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (9)
- Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Winter.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Mediterranean California Eelgrass Bed Winter.
- Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- North Pacific Maritime Eelgrass Bed Winter.
- Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
- Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Western Great Plains Depressional Wetland Systems Winter.
Seasons in Louisiana
- Winter: does not nest here, in 23 of 64 parishes.
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Louisiana, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 153
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Western Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia hypugaea
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
Plants 958
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Golden CrownbeardVerbesina encelioides
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
- Gray Ground-cherryPhysalis grisea
Disturbed and introduced wetlands
Birds 179
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Magnolia WarblerDendroica magnolia
- Nelson's Sharp-tailed SparrowAmmodramus nelsoni
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Plants 20
- Slender FimbryFimbristylis autumnalis
- Purple SpikerushEleocharis atropurpurea
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- BagpodGlottidium vesicarium
- Tropical FlatsedgeCyperus surinamensis
- Blunt Spike RushEleocharis obtusa
- False DaisyEclipta prostrata
- Bristly SedgeCarex comosa
- Shortbeak BeaksedgeRhynchospora nitens
- Southern Marsh YellowcressRorippa teres
- Sensitive FernOnoclea sensibilis
- Ditch FimbryFimbristylis schoenoides
Ponds, lakes and their shores
Birds 91
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus
- Western Snowy PloverCharadrius nivosus nivosus
- Interior Least TernSternula antillarum athalassos
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- SanderlingCalidris alba
Plants 162
- Mudbank CrowngrassPaspalum dissectum
- Clasping-leaf PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus
- Loose Water-milfoilMyriophyllum laxum
- Slim SpikerushEleocharis elongata
- Viviparous SpikerushEleocharis vivipara
- Common BladderwortUtricularia macrorhiza
- Leafy BladderwortUtricularia foliosa
- Myrtle HollyIlex myrtifolia
- Water TupeloNyssa aquatica
- Peelbark St. John's-wortHypericum fasciculatum
- Southern Marsh St. John's-wortTriadenum tubulosum
- Warty SedgeCarex verrucosa
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Cackling Goose
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)




















































