Nene

Weight

1.93 kg – 2.17 kg

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

42 years

Diet

Herbivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrubland

Egg incubation

30 days

Young per litter or clutch

4

Age at maturity

2 years – 2.5 years

Litters or clutches a year

1

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Migration

Sedentary

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAnseriformes
5. familyAnatidae
6. genusBranta
7. SpeciesBranta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1834)

Synonyms Anser sandvicensis, Branta sandwichensis, Nesochen sandvicensis

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Canada goose

Branta canadensis

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern

Barnacle goose

Branta leucopsis

Anatidae

VU, Vulnerable

Red-breasted goose

Branta ruficollis

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern

Brant

Branta bernicla

Anatidae

C

Cackling goose

Branta hutchinsii

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

B

Branta dickeyi

AnatidaeNo free photo yet

CompareNene vs Canada gooseNene vs Barnacle gooseNene vs Red-breasted gooseNene vs Brant

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@misc{nene_2026,
  title = {Nene (Branta sandvicensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nene},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}