Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) - HBW 1, p. 584
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 Enlarge map
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courtship or winter games Locality Caerlaverock WWT Reserve, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 1 January 2004 23 weeks ago 41 sec 4.5 -
A young bird preening Locality Limburg Province, Netherlands
Javier Ortas 12 February 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4.5 -
Two bird foraging Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 22 April 2006 1 year ago 12 sec 4.3 -
Some birds preening in a field Locality Limburg Province, Netherlands
Javier Ortas 12 February 2010 1 year ago 32 sec 4.3 -
feeding in grass field, a small part of the 9000+ present Locality Caerlaverock WWT Reserve, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 1 January 2004 23 weeks ago 33 sec 4.2 -
A pair with its chicks, feeding on grass. Locality Parc Paradisio, Cambron-Casteau, Brugelette, Hainaut Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 June 2010 48 weeks ago 29 sec 4
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Roosting on a wet London day
Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain
Bob Thompson 25 October 2007 3 years ago 4.1 -
In flight.
Locality Friesland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 13 December 2011 7 weeks ago 4 -
Joven descansando en la hierba
Locality Stockholm County, Sweden
Juan Carlos Calero 4 April 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A specimen in the plumage of the first summer (the post-juvenile year).
Locality Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Thomas Voekler 26 July 2008 2 years ago 4 -
An adult bird close to the nest
Locality Stockholm County, Sweden
sorlin 27 May 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Barnacle goose on a marsh.
Locality Zwillbrocker Venn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Guido Bohn 4 June 2006 2 years ago 3.8
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Calls of captive birds Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 12 April 2005 2 years ago 3.5
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