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Barnacle goose taxonomy
The Anatidae is the family of ducks, geese and swans. The family Anatidae was introduced by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.The family Anatidae comprises around 146 species in 43 genera, including Branta. The genus Branta was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788), an Italian physician and naturalist, in the year 1769.
The genus Branta is polytypic and comprises six species, viz., Branta bernicla, Branta canadensis, Branta hutchinsii, Branta leucopsis, Branta ruficollis and Branta sandvicensis.
The species Branta leucopsis was first described by Johann Matthäus Bechstein (11 July 1757 – 23 February 1822), a German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist and herpetologist, in the year 1803. The species Branta leucopsis is monotypic.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Branta leucopsis |
| Species: | B. leucopsis |
| Genus: | Branta |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Barnacle goose - Branta leucopsis Image by Thermosn |
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| 2.Barnacle goose - Branta leucopsis Image by Bengt Nyman |
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| 3.Barnacle goose - Branta leucopsis Image by Bengt Nyman |
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| 4.Barnacle goose - Branta leucopsis Image by Bengt Nyman |
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| 5.Barnacle goose - Branta leucopsis Image by Stefan Berndtsson |
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| 6.Barnacle goose - Branta leucopsis Image by kostolany244 |
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| 7.Barnacle goose - Branta leucopsis Image by Donald Hobern |
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| 8.Barnacle goose - Branta leucopsis Image by 4028mdk09 |
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| 9.Branta leucopsis Image by Johan Fredriksson |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnacle_Goose_-_Branta_leucopsis.jpg (cropped)
Author: User:Thermosn | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 as on 6/26/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bnsd/40856701814/ (cropped)
Author: Bengt Nyman | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 6/26/18
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bnsd/40856703404/ (cropped)
Author: Bengt Nyman | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 6/26/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bnsd/27808954518/ (cropped)
Author: Bengt Nyman | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 6/26/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sbern/14210788842/ (cropped)
Author: Stefan Berndtsson | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 6/26/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/26380690@N02/4674941885/ (cropped)
Author: kostolany244 | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 6/26/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/33828361503/ (cropped)
Author: Donald Hobern | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 6/26/18
8.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wei%C3%9Fwangengans_2010.JPG (cropped)
Author: 4028mdk09 | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/26/18
9.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vitkindad_g%C3%A5s.jpg (cropped)
Author: Johan Fredriksson | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 6/26/18
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