LEBRET T (1983) Hybrids of Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis x Blue Goose Anser caerulescens. LIMOSA 56 (1): 18-18.
From December 1981 till April 1982 a group of hybrids of Barnacle Goose x Blue Goose were seen in the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. Originally it concerned five adults and eight juveniles. They behaved like two families which suggests that these hybrids are fertile. The group may, however, have consisted out of two sterile generations offspring from one mixed pair. The birds were very tame; doubtless they escaped from captivity. Barnacle Goose x Snow Goose Branta leucopsis x Chen caerulescens
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