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Barnacle goose
Branta leucopsis · Family Anatidae
Branta leucopsis
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,592,143
- Countries and territories with records
- 61
About this species
This species has 1,592,143 occurrence records from 61 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (34.2%), the Netherlands (23.9%), Denmark (18.2%), Norway (5.9%) and the United Kingdom (3.6%); together they account for 85.8% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.53% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Branta leucopsis combines the genus name Branta with the species epithet leucopsis. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Branta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Branta canadensis, Branta bernicla and Branta hutchinsii.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 31st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 1.3 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.