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Barnacle Goose

(Branta leucopsis)
German name(s): "Weißwangengans", "Nonnengans"
Size: 55-70 cm; wing span 1.3-1.45 m
Weight: 1.2-2.2 kg

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Barnacle Goose at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Lateral view of a Barnacle Goose (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[St. James's Park, London, England, September 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a Barnacle Goose (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, April 2019]

Flock of Barnacle Geese in shallow water (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Grüner Brink, Fehmarn, Germany, April 2016]

Closer look at individual geese in a flock of Barnacle Geese (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Grüner Brink, Fehmarn, Germany, April 2016]

Flock of Barnacle Geese on coastal grassland (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Grüner Brink, Fehmarn, Germany, May 2019]

Near-lateral view of a Barnacle Goose, right, in flight with two Pink-footed Geese (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

Lateral view of a Barnacle Goose banking to land (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

Lateral view of a Barnacle Goose in flight, top right, with a Pink-footed Goose (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

Dorsal view of a Barnacle Goose in flight (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

Dorsal view of a Barnacle Goose in flight, right, with two Pink-footed Geese (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

Food, Diet

Lateral view of a Barnacle Goose feeding on grass (photo courtesy of M. Thomas)
[Eltville, Hessen, Germany, April 2019]

Flock of Barnacle Geese feeding in coastal grassland (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Grüner Brink, Fehmarn, Germany, May 2019]

Flock of Barnacle Geese feeding in coastal grassland (photo courtesy of H. Dahlem-Senger)
[Grüner Brink, Fehmarn, Germany, April 2016]

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