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Barnacle Goose Range Map

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Range Map for Barnacle Goose

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Nonmigratory to medium-distant migrant. Svalbard and Greenland breeders winter in Scotland and Ireland, while Russian breeders typically winter from Denmark to Belgium. The newer breeding population in the Baltic and North Seas does not migrate.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (2022) modified from BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2021)

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