Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Branta

Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Branta*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas leucopsis*	Bechstein, 1803	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): hvitkinngås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: bramgås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: brandgans

English: Balnacle Goose; barnacle goose sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Balnacle Goose; Barnacle Goose sources: Charles Hussey

French: bernache nonnette sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: gé ghiúrainn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Gé ghiúrainn

German: Weißwangengans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Gé ghiúrainn sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): ברנטה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: oca facciabianca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: baltaskruostė berniklė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: hvitkinngås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: hvitkinngås sources: Orn. Tasch. Deutschland 2 p. 424

Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitkinngås sources: Orn. Tasch. Deutschland 2 p. 424

Nynorsk (Norwegian): kvitkinngås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: bernikla białolica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: белощёкая казарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: gé ghiúrainn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: belolična gos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: barnacla cariblanca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: vitkindad gås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: akyanakli kaz; akyanaklı kaz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Казарка білощок; Казарка білощока sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwydd wyran

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Taxon found in 480 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (31 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (333 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159177

Drs Cees Roselaar. Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96483