Definition of Branta leucopsis. Meaning of Branta leucopsis. Synonyms of Branta leucopsis

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Definition of Branta leucopsis

Branta leucopsis
Bernicle Ber"ni*cle, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st Barnacle.] A bernicle goose. [Written also barnacle.] Bernicle goose (Zo["o]l.), a goose (Branta leucopsis), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia.

Meaning of Branta leucopsis from wikipedia

- The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with extensive black...
- The black geese of the genus Branta are waterfowl belonging to the true geese and swans subfamily Anserinae. They occur in the northern coastal regions...
- coasts. In the days before birds were known to migrate, barnacle geese, Branta leucopsis, were thought to have developed from this crustacean through spontaneous...
- This group comprises the genera Anser (grey geese and white geese) and Branta (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egyptian...
- misconception about the breeding habits of the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and brant goose (Branta bernicla). One version of the myth is that these geese...
- brachyrhynchus (A) Brant, Branta bernicla (A) Canada goose, Branta canadensis Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsonii (A) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (A) Trumpeter...
- The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large species of goose with a black head and neck, white ch****s, white under...
- geese except the larger Canada goose (Branta canadensis) and the similarly sized barnacle goose (B. leucopsis). There are up to five subspecies of cackling...
- features of interest include: the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis), the light-bellied brent goose (Branta bernicla hrota), the chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)...
- {{cite iucn}}: |date= / |doi= mismatch (help) IUCN (2018-08-09). "Branta leucopsis: BirdLife International: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018:...