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title: "Ganso-de-faces-brancas"
description: "Branta leucopsis — Aves. The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with extensive black in the plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/barnacle-goose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ganso-de-faces-brancas

> Branta leucopsis — Aves. The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with extensive black in the plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species.

- Scientific name: *Branta leucopsis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `arctic` (Ártico)
- iNaturalist observations: 20529
- Wikidata: [Q26680](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26680)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7101](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7101)

## Names

- en: Barnacle Goose
- de: Weißwangengans
- es: Barnacla cariblanca
- fr: Bernache nonnette
- nl: Brandgans
- pt: Ganso-de-faces-brancas
- pl: Bernikla białolica

## Countries with the most observations

FI (3142), DE (2420), NL (2173), SE (2069), GB (1863), RU (1385), DK (963), NO (873), SJ (682), BE (522), US (466), FR (425)

## Summary

The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with extensive black in the plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species. Despite its superficial similarity to the brant goose, genetic analysis has shown its closest relative is the cackling goose.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle_goose

## Photo

![Ganso-de-faces-brancas](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/barnacle-goose/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63651538

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/barnacle-goose?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).