Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis(Bechstein, JM, 1803)
English (US) Barnacle Goose
The Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds high Arctic eastern Greenland, Svalbard (north of Norway), Novaya Zemlya and nearby Kolguyev and Vaygach islands (northwestern Russia); winters to coastal northern British Isles, southern Scandinavia, and northwestern EuropeRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Branta leucopsis
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Barnacle Goose
- Described by
- (Bechstein, JM, 1803)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas leucopsis
- Described by
- (Bechstein, JM, 1803)
- Type locality
- Germany.
- Original description
- Ornithologisches Taschenbuch von und für Deutschland (etc.) 2 p.424
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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