Nene, Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis) {!--하와이기러기--> From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's online digital media library.
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Metadata
Title: Nene Goose
Alternative Title: (none)
Creator: Heuer, Ted
Source: WO-4033-29
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: bird, endangered, waterfowl, wildlife, animal
Date Issued: February 04 2002
Hawaiian Goose or N??n??, Branta sandvicensis, is a species of goose endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It shares a recent common ancestor with Branta canadensis, the Canada Goose. The official bird of the State of Hawai??i, the N??n?? is exclusively found in the wild of the islands of Maui, Kaua??i and Hawai??i. A larger, extinct and possibly flightless species, the N??n??-nui (Branta hylobadistes) was present in prehistoric times on Maui; related, but hitherto undescribed forms also occurred on Kaua??i and O??ahu, and there was a gigantic, flightless relative on the island of Hawai??i.