>> GENERAL >>>>>
– small goose, not much larger than Common Eider
– diurnal (sometimes nocturnal) migrant
– migrates in small to large flocks in formation
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
BIF0612, 24/02/2014, Vlieland, Netherlands, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
BIF0613, 24/02/2014, Vlieland, Netherlands, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
BIF0614, 23/02/2014, Groningen, Netherlands, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
BIF0615, 23/02/2014, Groningen, Netherlands, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
BIF0616, 23/02/2014, Groningen, Netherlands, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
Pale-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota
BIF0617, 23/02/2014, Groningen, Netherlands, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
BIF0618, 23/02/2014, Groningen, Netherlands, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis, 2CY
BIF0619, 13/06/2015, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis, 2CY
BIF0620, 13/06/2015, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
BIF0620, 07/04/2013, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
BIF1673, 10/09/2015, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
BIF0620, 05/11/2014, North Sea, offshore, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta b. bernicla
Pale-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota
BIF0884, 23/02/2014, Den Oever, Netherlands, Patrick Franke
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
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