Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
French: Bernache nonnette German: Weißwangengans Spanish: Barnacla Cariblanca
Taxonomy:
Anas leucopsis Bechstein, 1803, Germany.
Monotypic.
Distribution: E Greenland, Svalbard (Spitzbergen) and Novaya Zemlya.
- Least Concern
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A group feeding in a field Knokke, West Flanders Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Gaston Sallaets 21 January 2000 6 years ago 11 sec 4.2 -
Two birds on the water, one of them drinking and bathing Parc de les Aus, Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 June 2005 3 years ago 34 sec 3.8 -
Some birds feeding on a field Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Christian Dortu 17 January 2004 4 years ago 24 sec 3.6 -
An adult bird laying on the ground Papegaaienpark, Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Jan Wigmore 31 March 2008 1 year ago 9 sec 3.2 -
A great flock of birds in flight, looking for a place to sleep Gaasterland, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Peter van Dam 16 November 2007 1 year ago 52 sec 3.2 -
A group feeding on a field Zierikzee, Zeeland, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Christian Dortu 17 January 2004 4 years ago 20 sec 3.2
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An adult bird close to the nest Stockholm County, Sweden
sorlin 27 May 2009 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
Roosting on a wet London day London Wetland Centre, London, England, UK
Bob Thompson 25 October 2007 1 year ago 4.4 -
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Joven descansando en la hierba Stockholm County, Sweden
Juan Carlos Calero 4 April 2010 13 weeks ago 4.2 -
Barnacle goose on a marsh. Zwillbrocker Venn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
G.Bohn 4 June 2006 13 weeks ago 4 -
A specimen in the plumage of the first summer (the post-juvenile year). Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Thomas Voekler 26 July 2008 20 weeks ago 4 -
Two birds foraging in the grass North Holland, Netherlands
Frank Derriks 18 May 2009 37 weeks ago 3.8
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Calls of captive birds London Wetland Centre, London, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 12 April 2005 47 weeks ago 3
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