Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
French: Bernache cravant German: Ringelgans Spanish: Barnacla Carinegra
Other common names: Brant Goose, Brant, Brent; Light bellied/Atlantic Brent (hrota); Dark bellied/Russian Brent (bernicla); Pacific Brent (orientalis); Black Brent (nigricans)
Taxonomy:
Anas Bernicla Linnaeus, 1758, Europe.
Race orientalis included in nigricans by some. Race nigricans sometimes considered a full species. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hrota (O. F. Müller, 1776) - N Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Franz Josef Land.
- bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) - NC Siberia.
- orientalis Tugarinov, 1941 - NE Siberia.
- nigricans (Lawrence, 1846) - extreme NE Siberia to NC Canada.
- Least Concern
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A bird laying on the ground, walking and foraging Gaasterland, Netherlands (bernicla)
Peter van Dam 16 November 2007 1 year ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A bird swimming and feeding Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, USA (hrota)
Robert Schaefer 4 March 2006 3 years ago 18 sec 4.1 -
A female incubating and leaving the nest during the clutch control. Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (bernicla)
Laurent Demongin 17 July 2008 1 year ago 16 sec 4 -
A close-up of a moulting bird grazing very short grass. Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (bernicla )
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 1 year ago 45 sec 4 -
An adult feeding Zeebrugge, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Leo Janssen 17 March 2000 6 years ago 26 sec 3.8 -
A group of different subspecies feeding Cley, Norfolk, England, UK (nigricans & bernicla)
Richard Johnson 22 March 2005 3 years ago 38 sec 3.6
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A female incubating, flatening herself on the nest Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (branta)
Laurent Demongin 13 July 2008 1 year ago 3.7 -
A nest with a chick just hatched Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (branta)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
A female incubating among rocks Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (branta)
Laurent Demongin 17 July 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
A group in flight Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (branta)
Laurent Demongin 9 July 2008 1 year ago 3.3 -
Close-up of an adult grazing on very short grass Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (branta)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 1 year ago 3 -
A big group of moulting birds on a flat island Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (branta)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 1 year ago 2.7
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Birds calling while grazing Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern)
(bernicla)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 4 weeks ago 4 -
A small flock flying overhead. Terrington Marsh, Norfolk, England, UK
(bernicla)
Stuart Fisher 29 January 2005 48 weeks ago 2
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