Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) - HBW 1, p. 584
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 Enlarge map
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A bird laying on the ground, walking and foraging Locality Gaasterland, Friesland Province, Netherlands (ssp bernicla)
Peter van Dam 16 November 2007 3 years ago 31 sec 4.4 -
Several birds eating seaweeds on the water. Locality Kiritappu Cape, Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 4.3 -
Several birds eating seaweeds on the sea shore. Locality Kiritappu Cape, Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2010 1 year ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A bird eating seaweeds on the sea shore. Locality Kiritappu Cape, Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A bird swimming and feeding Locality Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, USA (United States) (ssp hrota)
Robert Schaefer 4 March 2006 5 years ago 18 sec 4 -
A group of birds feeding seaweeds on the sea shore. Locality Kiritappu Cape, Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 4
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Feeding on Zostera
Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands (ssp bernicla)
Marco Valentini 18 November 2011 11 weeks ago 4.2 -
Preening for two in shallow water
Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands
Marco Valentini 18 November 2011 11 weeks ago 4 -
Annual migrant from Greenland
Locality Dublin Bay, Dublin Region, Ireland
Brendan Marnell 6 November 2007 1 year ago 4 -
A female incubating, flatening herself on the nest
Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp branta)
Laurent Demongin 13 July 2008 3 years ago 4 -
Female Atlantic Brant feeding in Plum Creek at Chatfield State Park.
Locality Denver, Colorado, USA (United States) (ssp Atlantic Brant)
Mike Ross 17 December 2011 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
An Atlantic Brant feeding at the mouth of Plum Creek that runs into Chatfield Reservoir.
Locality Denver, Colorado, USA (United States) (ssp Atlantic Brant)
Mike Ross 12 December 2011 8 weeks ago 3.8
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Birds calling while grazing Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp bernicla)
Laurent Demongin 22 July 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A small flock flying overhead. Locality Terrington Marsh, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
(ssp bernicla)
Stuart Fisher 29 January 2005 2 years ago 2
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