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    The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black...
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    The black geese of the genus Branta are waterfowl belonging to the true geese and swans subfamily Anserinae. They occur in the northern coastal regions...
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    misconception about the breeding habits of the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and brant goose (Branta bernicla). One version of the myth is that these geese...
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    This group comprises the genera Anser (grey geese and white geese) and Branta (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egyptian...
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    coasts. In the days before birds were known to migrate, barnacle geese, Branta leucopsis, were thought to have developed from this crustacean through spontaneous...
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  • features of interest include: the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis), the light-bellied brent goose (Branta bernicla hrota), the chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)...
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    geese except the larger Canada goose (Branta canadensis) and the similarly sized barnacle goose (B. leucopsis). There are up to five subspecies of cackling...
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    other species of goose, including the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and the Canada goose (Branta canadensis), and occasionally with the mute swan (Cygnus...
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    {{cite iucn}}: |date= / |doi= mismatch (help) IUCN (2018-08-09). "Branta leucopsis: BirdLife International: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018:...
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    "barnacle" was used for a species of waterfowl, the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis). This bird breeds in the Arctic, but winters in the British Isles...
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    "Vegetation growth and a seasonal habitat shift of the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)". Oecologia. 66 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 122–125...
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    The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its...
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  • Reichenbach 1852 Branta ruficollis (Pallas 1769) (red-breasted goose) VU A2bcd+3bcd+4bcd Subgenus (Leucoblepharon) Baird 1858 Branta leucopsis (Bechstein 1803)...
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    H. (2010). "Goshawk Accipiter gentilis catches Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis". De Takkeling. 18: 197. Møller, A. P.; Solonen, T.; Byholm, P.; Huhta...
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  • serrirostris Brant, Branta bernicla Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (A) Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii (A) Canada goose, Branta canadensis (A) Red-breasted...
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    1787) (A) Brant, Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) (A) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) (A) Red-breasted goose, Branta ruficollis (Pallas...
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    serrirostris (*) Brant, Branta bernicla Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (hypothetical) Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii Canada goose, Branta canadensis Trumpeter...
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  • bec court) (A) Brant, Branta bernicla (bernache cravant) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (bernache nonnette) Canada goose, Branta canadensis (bernache...
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    Branta bernicla Barnacle goose (hvitkinngås), Branta leucopsis Cackling goose (polargås), Branta hutchinsii (A) (D) Canada goose (kanadagås), Branta canadensis...
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    brachyrhynchus (N) Brant, Branta bernicla Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (U) Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii Canada goose, Branta canadensis (B) Mute swan...
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  • vagrants Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) A & C – winter visitor and resident introduced population Cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) A – rare vagrant...
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    brachyrhynchus (A) Brant, Branta bernicla Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (A) Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii Canada goose, Branta canadensis (B) Mute swan...
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    Brant (sepelhanhi), Branta bernicla Barnacle goose (valkoposkihanhi), Branta leucopsis Cackling goose (pikkukanadanhanhi), Branta hutchinsii (A) Canada...
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  • goose, Branta leucopsis (common) Brent goose, Branta bernicla (common) Red-breasted goose, Branta ruficollis (very rare) Canada goose, Branta canadensis...
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  • 1834) 13 Canada goose Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) 14 Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) 15 Cackling goose Branta hutchinsii (Richardson...
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    duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) Canada goose (Branta canadensis) Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) Goose (Branta ruficollis) Saker falcon (Falco cherrug) Griffon...
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    americana LC Baikal teal, Sibirionetta formosa (A) LC Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (C) LC Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica LC Black scoter, Melanitta...
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    brachyrhynchus (A) Brant, Branta bernicla (A) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (A) Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii (A) Canada goose, Branta canadensis (A) Mute...
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    Branta bernicla Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii (A) Canada goose, Branta canadensis (A) Red-breasted goose, Branta...
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    anser (A) Brant, Branta bernicla (A) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (A) Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsonii (A) Canada goose, Branta canadensis Trumpeter...
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