Habitat
Aleutian Cackling geese breed exclusively on a small number of Aleutian Islands (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1991). Nesting areas are located on grassy hillsides, along streams, in marshes and lagoons, and on rugged sea cliffs cut by watercourses where grasses and sedges grow in profusion (Murie 1959, Jones 1963, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1980).
References
Jones, R. D. 1963. Buldir Island, site of a remnant breeding population of Aleutian Canada geese. Wildfowl Trust Annual 14:80-84.
Murie, O. J. 1959. Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula. USDI, USFWS Rep. no. 61. Washington, D. C. N. Amer. Fauna 61: 1-364.
USDA USFS. 1991. Environmental effects. In: Tongass land management plan revision, supplement to the draft environmental impact statement. R10-MB-146. USDA, USFS, Juneau Alaska. Pages 1-765.
USFWS. 1980. Selected vertebrate endangered species of the seacoast of the United States – Aleutian Canada goose. FWS/OBS-80/01.34. USFWS, Biological Services Program. 9 p.
