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Branta leucopsis

(Barnacle Goose)

Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Brandgans

Common Names in English:

Bar Goose, Barnacle Goose

Common Names in French:

Bernache Nonnette

Common Names in German:

Nonnengans, Weißwangengans, Weißwangengans (Nonnengans)

Common Names in Italian:

Oca Facciabianca

Common Names in Japanese:

カオジロガン

Common Names in Russian:

Beloschokaya Kazarka, Белощекая казарка, Казарка белощекая

Common Names in Spanish:

Barnacla Cariblanca

Description

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Physical Description

Adult : Face : Chin: white Eyebrow Line : white Forehead: white Lores : black Facial Skin : blackish Bill: blackish Neck: black Body: Back: bluish gray with narrow black and white bars Belly: scalloped pale gray Breast: black Sides: scalloped pale gray Underparts: white Legs : Femorals: scalloped pale gray Leg Color: blackish Tail: black.

Size/Age/Growth

About 23 to 28 inches long, with a wingspan of 52 to 56 inches. Adults weigh about 62.4 ounces .

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 494 meters (0 to 1,621 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial ; Marine

Biology

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Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

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Brant, Canada Goose

Members of the genus Branta

There are approximately 47 species in this genus:

B. bernicia · B. bernicla (Brent Goose) · B. berniclas · B. bernicla bernicla · B. bernicla hrota (Brant) · B. bernicla nigricans · B. bernicla orientalis · B. bernicla ssp · B. bernicula · B. canadensis (Greater Canada Goose) · B. canadensis asiatica · B. canadensis canadensis (Greater Canada Goose) · B. canadensis fulva (Vancouver Canada Goose) · B. canadensis hutchinsii (Canada Goose) · B. canadensis interior (Canada Goose) · B. canadensis leucopareia (Aleutian Canada Goose) · B. canadensis leucoparia · B. canadensis maxima (Canada Goose) · B. canadensis minima (Cackling Canada Goose) · B. canadensis moffitti (Canada Goose) · B. canadensis occidentalis (Dusky Canada Goose) · B. canadensis parvipes (Lesser Canada Goose) · B. canadensis taverneri (Canada Goose) · B. dickeyi · B. esmeralda · B. howardae · B. hrota · B. hutchinsii (Cackling Goose) · B. hutchinsii asiatica · B. hutchinsii hutchinsii · B. hutchinsii leucopareia · B. hutchinsii minima · B. hutchinsii taverneri · B. hylobadistes · B. leucopareia · B. leucopsis (Barnacle Goose) · B. leucopsis x · B. minima · B. nigricans · B. propinqua · B. ruficapilla · B. ruficollis (Red-Breasted Goose) · B. rufina · B. sandivicensis · B. sandvicensis (Hawaiian Goose) · B. sandwichensis · B. x albifrons

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Mean = 343.160 meters (1,125.853 feet), Standard Deviation = 184.500 based on 313 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-06-19