The Nene Goose
By:Vanessa Maldonado
BIOL 206- Ornithology
Dr.R Hays
December 8, 2015
The Nene Goose is a small grey brown goose with a patterned black, white, and grey body (Rojek, A. 1996). It is a close relative to the Canada Goose but easily distinguishable because of its black face and cream cheeks. The name nene comes from it’s distinctively soft call unlike the Canada goose. The Nene goose is the Hawaiian state bird and it also happens to be severely isolated in the Hawaiian Islands. They are about 41cm with the female being a little larger than the male (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2004). Some are born without the flight capability because they dwell mostly on land which is believed to be an adaptive
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1980). Their hunting altered the Nene population and environment making them adjust to other regions. This made it difficult to raise their young when unfamiliar with the territory to which they were residing .In 1949, volcanic eruptions occurred causing volcanic slides in the Nene’s habitat (Rojek, A. 1996). There were only 30 species left in the wild and 15 in captivity that a means of action had to take place to conserve this species In 1957, action was taken to bring this species back to the Hawaiian Islands (Kear, J. 1980). Conservationist began breeding these animals in captivity to bring up the population. This allowed for the species to be more available and were then released back into their natural habitat (Kear, J. 1980). They were not as abundant as they once were but there were more stable populations of the Nene which was a huge improvement. They believed that they saw the worst of it and the conservationists would restore the huge loss of Nene geese completely but they were mistaken. After all the efforts that were put forth to save the Nene from extinction another issue ensued endangering the species once again. Animals on the island cohabitating on the island with the Nene became a threat. The feral dogs, feral cats, which carry diseases and the mongoose that had been introduced into the area began to prey on the Nene eggs and young (Rojek, A. 1996). This was detrimental to the species because breeding was the only chance for the Nene to continue to expand its small
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