Barnacle goose

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Scotland
There are three distinct populations of Barnacle Goose in the world: the first breeds in Greenland and winters on the Western Isles of Scotland, notably Islay; ...

Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis (Bechstein)
Status One sight record. Late in the afternoon of 20 November 1969, Game Warden Edward Turner was on patrol along the west bank of Port Hebert harbour, Shelburne County.

Barnacle goose
Barnacle geese migrate to Britain and Ireland in the winter, to escape the harsher climates of Greenland and Svalbard Island.

Barnacle goose juvenile
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BARNACLE GOOSE - 1. Incredible!!!! Jane first picked up on a small
group of about 12 Canada Geese to our south and shouted "White-fronted
Goose.......Or something!" After considerable anxiety, I "finally" got ...

Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis
Brent Goose, Branta bernicla
Red-breasted Goose, Branta ruficollis
Blue-winged Goose, Cyanochen cyanoptera
Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca
Ruddy Shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea ...

Branta leucopsis - Barnacle Goose
Branta bernicla - Brent Goose
Branta ruficollis - Red-breasted Goose
Tadorna
Tadorna ferruginea - Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna - Red-billed Shelduck
Tadorna cristata - Crested Shelduck
Anas ...

(It was the Arctic, a land unknown to Europeans in the 12th century.) Never having seen a barnacle goose egg or gosling, the monks deduced that they hatched from the white "shells" that were encrusted on logs by the sea.

The Canadian Goose: The black head and neck with white "chinstrap" distinguish this goose from all except the Barnacle Goose, but the latter has a black breast and grey, rather than brownish, body plumage.

white-fronted goose: graylag goose (A. anser), snow goose (Chen caerulescens), emperor goose (C. canagica), lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus), bean goose (A. fabalis), bar-headed goose (A. indicus), brant (Branta bernicla), barnacle goose (B.

The Old World barnacle goose, B. leucopsis, so named because it was thought to grow out of barnacles attached to driftwood, is very similar to the brant and is an occasional visitor to North America.

THE BERNACLE GOOSE.
[Barnacle Goose.]
ANSER LEUCOPSIS, Bechst.
[Branta leucopsis.] ...

On 11/15/03 about 20 people visited the end of Waupoppin Canal at Lake Mattamuskeet to scan the Snow Goose flock for Ross's and a lone, possibly wild Barnacle Goose.

The rare Barnacle Goose has an entirely white face, a black breast, and a gray and black barred back.
Canada Goose X domestic goose hybrids have a wide variety of different markings, including extended white on head, red on bill, and red legs.

Elegant sprite (Pseudagrion decorum)
Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Intermediate egret (Mesophoyx intermedia)
Fen raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius)
Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black tern (Chlidonias niger) ...

See also: Geese, Goose, Brant, Canada Goose, Snow Goose