Home Log Out
Birdpedia - Australia         | Home | Birds | Calendar | Reserves | Field Trips | Sightings | Reports | Contacts | [HBW - BirdLife (v3)] 29/03/2024 05:35:43 PM
Species Database
Find
Quick Links
News
 
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] Print... Email... 

 LC    Barnacle Goose* Id (Atlas):
    Branta leucopsis

Description (10)
Image of Barnacle Goose
 

Other Names (World)
Barnacle Goose, Claik, Clakis

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
58 - 70 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bechstein, 1803)

Habitat
Breeds on tundra. Overwinters on coastal grassland and saltmarshes.

Range (Guide)
Belgium (B) (NB), Denmark (B) (NB) (P), Estonia (B) (NB) (P), Faroe Islands (B), Finland (B) (NB) (P), France (NB) (P), Germany (B) (NB) (P), Greenland (B), Iceland (B) (P), Ireland (NB), Latvia (NB) (P), Netherlands Antilles (B) (NB), Norway (B) (P), Poland (NB), Russia (European) (B) (P), Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (B), Sweden (B) (NB) (P), United Kingdom (NB) (P).

Vagrant to Algeria, Austria (NB), Belarus, Bulgaria (NB), Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary (NB), Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Romania (NB), Russia (Central Asian), Serbia, Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Slovenia, Spain (NB), Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, USA.

Eastern Greenland, Svalbard (Spitzbergen) and Novaya Zemlya.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Plant material, including roots and seeds.

Voice
A short, sharp bark, higher pitched than most other geese. Can remeble yapping dogs when heard from a distance.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

 
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) [XC843317]
     by SonoNatura from Ida Gerhard, Netherlands (flight call)

 
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) [XC864028]
     by Marcin So\u0142owiej from Matsalu National Park, Haeska, Estonia (flight call)

Nest
A mound of vegetation on a cliff ledge or island.

Eggs (Guide)
Usually 3 - 5; grey-white and soon stained. Incubation: about 28 days; by female.

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.

The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7


Files:
JPG files for Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) - 10 files


More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Barnacle Goose see... Show Articles BirdLife International Species Factsheet.


Articles about the Barnacle Goose

If you would like to read any articles about the Barnacle Goose... Show Articles Show Articles (0)


No Pictures of Barnacle Goose

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Barnacle Goose or you would like to see more, then try the following...

      Show External Images from BING From BING (10)


No Videos of Barnacle Goose

If Birdpedia has no videos of Barnacle Goose or you would like to see more, then try the following..

      Show External Videos From BING (0)