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Barnacle Goose
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Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis
The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species. Despite its superficial similarity to the brant goose, genetic analysis has shown it is an eastern derivative of the cackling goose lineage.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1623 · p.185
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.294
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.482
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.612
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Every page naming Branta leucopsis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7101.