The Hawaiian Goose or Nēnē, 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 Hawaiii, the Nēnē is exclusively found in the wild of the islands of
Maui,
Kauai and
Hawaii. A larger, extinct and possibly flightless species, the
Nēnē-nui (Branta hylobadistes) was present in prehistoric times on Maui; related, but hitherto undescribed forms also occurred on Kauai and
Oahu, and there was a gigantic, flightless relative on the island of Hawaii.
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