Leucopsis

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25.3.1971 00:00 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named for Branta leucopsis, or barnacle goose. {It belongs to the family of the Anatidae. The bird is on the Dutch Blue List of endangered birds. It comes from the Arctic and stays during the winter in the Netherlands.} (M 33791; M 34089) _ _.


Discovered on 25-3-1971 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

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