barnacle goose in English

noun
1
a goose with a white face and black neck, breeding in the arctic tundra of Greenland and northern Europe.
Based on genetic similarities, the second group would also include the barnacle goose , a population of distinctive-looking geese that is currently recognized as a species by itself.
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1. Barnacle definition is - Barnacle goose

2. Bernicle ( plural Bernicles ) A barnacle goose

3. Keep an eye open and you may spot a barnacle goose or a Bewick's swan.

4. The confirmed cases of avian flu in the Republic of Ireland so far this winter were in a Curlew (Mayo), three Peregrine Falcons (Limerick, Cork, Mayo), a Whooper Swan (Wicklow), a Barnacle Goose (Cork) and four Mute Swans ( 2 in Monaghan, 1 in Kildare, 1

5. Brant, (Branta bernicla), water bird that resembles small, short-necked forms of the Canada goose but is much darker and, though black-necked and black-headed, lacks white cheeks; instead it has a more or less extensive narrow white neck ring and is “bibbed” like the barnacle goose