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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Several birds eating seaweeds on the water. Locality Kiritappu Cape, Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 4.6 -
A bird laying on the ground, walking and foraging Locality Gaasterland, Friesland Province, Netherlands (ssp bernicla)
Peter van Dam 16 November 2007 5 years ago 31 sec 4.6 -
Several birds eating seaweeds on the sea shore. Locality Kiritappu Cape, Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2010 2 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A bird eating seaweeds on the sea shore. Locality Kiritappu Cape, Akkeshi District, Hokkaido, Japan (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 7 February 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A small group foraging on marine vegetation at low tide. Locality Ventura River Mouth, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp nigricans)
Don DesJardin 24 March 2013 7 weeks ago 27 sec 4.3 -
An adult feeding on seaweed from a partially exposed rock at a receding tide. Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp nigricans )
Don DesJardin 1 March 2013 11 weeks ago 44 sec 4.3
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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 4 years ago 4.2 -
Feeding on Zostera
Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands (ssp bernicla)
Marco Valentini 18 November 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Landing
Locality Blakeney, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Alan Debenham 11 March 2013 9 weeks ago 4 -
Birds wintering
Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands (ssp hrota)
Marc FASOL 15 January 2012 22 weeks ago 4 -
Flight of Brant flying along North Sea shore
Locality Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Ian Barker 27 October 2012 25 weeks ago 4 -
Adult
Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands
Paul Cools 29 weeks ago 4
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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 3 years ago 4 -
A small flock flying overhead. Locality Terrington Marsh, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
(ssp bernicla)
Stuart Fisher 29 January 2005 4 years ago 2
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