Definition of Branta leucopsis

1. Noun. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north.

Exact synonyms: Barnacle, Barnacle Goose
Generic synonyms: Goose
Group relationships: Branta, Genus Branta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Branta Leucopsis

Brandon
Brandt
Brandt-Andrews manoeuvre
Brandt syndrome
Brandy
Brangelina
Branham's sign
Branhamella
Branhamella catarrhalis
Brannock Device
Brannock Devices
Branson
Branta
Branta bernicla
Branta canadensis
Branta leucopsis
Braque
Brasdor's method
Brasenia
Brasenia schreberi
Brasil
Brasilia

Literary usage of Branta leucopsis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"branta leucopsis BANNISTER, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1870, 131. [B 572, C 483, R 597, C 699.] HAB. Northern parts of the Old World ; casual in Eastern North ..."

2. The Birds of Eastern North America Known to Occur East of the Nineteenth by Charles Barney Cory, Field Museum of Natural History (1899)
"Black Brant. Western species, occasionally taken on Atlantic coast. 134 (175) branta leucopsis. ..."

3. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"... breeding in East Prussia at the present time. ANSER ALBIFRONS (Scop.). Rather rare on the Baltic Sea and on the Haffs late in autumn. branta leucopsis ..."

4. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"branta leucopsis, Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 117 (1895)- Adult Male.—General colour above ashy-grey, with white margins to the feathers, ..."

5. Dansk ornithologisk forenings tidsskrift by Dansk ornitologisk forening (1907)
"The distributional pattern seems very similar to that of the Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis (see further discussion under that species). ..."

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