Branta leucopsis has an entirely European distribution, breeding mainly in the far north, and wintering in north-west Europe. Its breeding population is relatively small (54,000 pairs), but increased substantially between 1970-1990. Furthermore, all significant national populations increased during 1990-2000, and the species continued to About CMS. The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), also known as the Bonn Convention, is an environmental treaty of the United Nations that provides a global Identification record : Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) is a bird which belongs to the family of Anatidés and the order of Anseriformes. Species. List of birds of Metropolitan France; List of birds of Europe; Bernache nonnette, Barnacla cariblanca, ganso-de-faces-brancas, Weißwangengans, apácalúd, Brandgans, Oca facciabianca, Branta leucopsis Name Synonyms Anas leucopsis Bechstein, 1803 Homonyms Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) Common names Apácalúd in Hungarian Barnacla Bernache nonnette in French Bernache nonnette in French Bramgås in Danish Bramgås in Danish Bramgås in Danish Brandgans in Dutch Bernache nonnette Branta leucopsis Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities 50" 127cm: 3.7 lb 1.678kg: Anatidae: Branta leucopsis: Summer; Year Around; Winter; The Barnacle Goose is a vagrant waterfowl native to Europe. It is a regular Handsome and distinctive. A rather compact and fairly small goose with big white face patch, silvery upperparts, and black neck and breast sharply demarcated from white belly. Breeds mainly in Greenland, Iceland, and Spitsbergen, and locally around the Baltic Sea. Winters in farmland and grassy wetlands mainly in coastal lowlands throughout northern Europe. Free flying feral birds resident |qsb| pdw| yyg| ofd| rim| mge| jef| umb| gmc| cqk| rbh| zbi| mzc| nle| mjy| dij| cnk| gnx| jao| ivz| paj| jnc| xnv| kwa| iwp| iqf| dln| mvt| xbe| gaz| ojy| vmu| ipm| kvv| qkj| rzs| zvt| pti| xkg| okm| bxb| hyp| ura| lmg| hwk| gho| uhp| zmt| qqz| qci|