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© Photo: O. Gilg, E. Greenland
Branta leucopsis
Barnacle Goose
© Photo: O. Gilg, E. Greenland
| Species Fact Sheet | |||||
| Species: | Branta leucopsis | ||||
| Family: | Anatidae | ||||
| Common: | Barnacle Goose (English), Белощекая казарка (Russian) | ||||
| Distribution: | see Distribution Map | ||||
| Breeding habitat: | Coastal Arctic tundra, cliffs | ||||
| Population | |||||
|
Name
|
AEWA
Status
|
Size
|
Trend
|
Year
|
|
|
Global
|
-
|
220
000
|
INC
|
1997
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
East
Greenland / Scotland and Ireland
|
32
000 (40 000)
|
STA
(INC)
|
1997
(1999)
|
||
|
Svalbard
/ Southwest Scotland
|
12
000 (23,000)
|
STA
(INC)
|
1997
(1999)
|
||
|
Russia
/ Germany and Netherlands
|
176
000 (267 000)
|
INC
|
1997
(1999)
|
||
| Further Information | |||||
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Sound
|
Data
Sources
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Species
Database for country distribution and legislation details
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