What is Nēnē?
{{for|the basketball player|Nenê}} {{Speciesbox | image = Branta sandvicensis LC399.jpg | image_caption = At [[Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge]], Hawaii, USA | name = Nene | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22679929/0 |title=''Branta sandvicensis'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> | genus = Branta | species = sandvicensis | authority = ([[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Vigors]], 1833) | synonyms = *''Nesochen sandvicensis'' *''Branta sandwichensis'' }} [[File:Branta sandvicensis MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.15.2.jpg|thumb| ''Branta sandvicensis'']] The '''Nēnē''', or '''Hawaiian goose''' (''Branta sandvicensis'') is a [[species]] of [[goose]]. It is found today on only three [[Hawaiian islands]].<ref name=bbc>{{Cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wear/low/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8549000/8549716.stm |title=BBC - Wear - Rare bird lays first spring eggs |work=news.bbc.co.uk |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=22 March 2010 }}</ref> It gets its name from its soft call. This is an unmistakable species, with its generally brown plumage (feathers) and darker head. Its strong toes have much reduced webbing (skin between the toes), an adjustment to the [[lava]] flows on which it breeds.<ref name=fifty/> The Nēnē goes about on land much more than other water birds. When moulting (dropping old feathers and growing new ones), the Nēnē cannot fly, as do other geese, a factor which made it vulnerable to hunting. The Nēnē was once among the most [[wikt:threaten|threatened]] [[waterfowl]] [[species]] around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowl-id/hawaiian-nene-goose |title=Hawaiian 'Nene' Goose Facts, Figures, Description and Photo |work=ducks.org |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> Once common hunting and [[predator]]s brought to the islands such as [[mongoose]]s, [[pig]]s and [[cat]]s reduced the population to only 30 bi