Anser rossii x Branta hutchinsii
Status: Rare regular winter visitor west and west central, rare casual east central and east.
Records: There are 18 records:
31 Oct 2023 Gering WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
8 Nov 2021 Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
16 Nov 2020 Dundy Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
25 Nov 2024-3 Jan 2025 Cochran Lake, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
20 and 29 Nov 2021 (2) Lake Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
30 Nov 2020 Lake Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
14 Dec 2021 Lake Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
14 Dec 2021 Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
28 Dec 2021 Barnett Park, Red Willow Co (Manning, eBird.org)
22 Jan 2021 Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
5 Feb 2016 Douglas Co (Manning, eBird.org)
10 Feb 2019 Dawson Co (Edwards, eBird.org)
29 Feb 2020 Dundy Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
4-7 Mar 2025 (1-3) Buffalo Co (Cooper, eBird.org)
7 Mar 2022 Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
7-14 Mar 2022 Cochran Lake, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
7 Apr 2023 Lake Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)
According to eBird.ord (accessed Dec 2024) there are numerous records for North America, almost all concentrated on the central Great Plains, from Wyoming and South Dakota south to northern Texas.
Comments: Discussion of this hybrid and photographs can be accessed at Bird Hybrids: Ross’s Goose x Cackling Goose.
A prudent way to report the group of hybrids, Ross’s or Snow as one parent and Cackling or Canada the other, is ROGO/SNGO x CANG/CACG. Such reports are often of birds too distant to identify; there are three records for Nebraska, four at Lake Minatare, Scotts Bluff Co 30 Nov 2020, and singles at Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co 13 Dec 2021, and at Barnett Park, Red Willow Co 28 Dec 2021 (eBird.org accessed Dec 2024).
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Recommended Citation
Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2025. Ross’s x Cackling Goose (hybrid) (Anser rossii x Branta hutchinsii). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org
Updated 24 Jun 2025