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Brent Goose
Branta bernicla   (Linnaeus, 1758)
 

Distribution: Tundra and coastas of NW Palearctic and N N.America.  (Map)

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References:
James F. Clements. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition, Cornell University Press (June 7, 2007)




Taxonomy
Red list  - Least Concern   [INFO]
Kingdom Animalia
Animals
Phylum Chordata
Chordates
Class Aves
Birds
Order Anseriformes
Waterfowl and Screamers
Family Anatidae
Ducks, Geese and Swans
Genus Branta
Species bernicla
Brent Goose
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies/hybrids/varieties
Subspecies
bernicla
N-central Siberia. Winters coastal England and NW Europe.
orientalis
NE Siberia
hrota
E Arctic Canada, Greenland and Spitzenbergen. Winters E N.America.
nigricans
Extreme NE Siberia to N Canada. Winters to N Mexico and China.

Taxon names
  English Brant Goose
  Swedish Prutgås
  German Ringelgans
  Danish Knortegås
  Spanish Barnacla Carinegra
  Estonian Mustlagle
  Faroese Helsigás
  Finnish Sepelhanhi
  French Bernache cravant
  Greenlandic Nerlernaq
  Hungarian Örvös lúd
  Icelandic Margæs
  Italian Oca colombaccio
  Japanese Kokugan
  Latvian Melngalvas zoss
  Lithuanian Paprastoji berniklė
  Dutch Rotgans
  Norwegian Ringgås
  Polish Bernikla obrożna
  Polish syn. Bernikla obrozna
  Portuguese Ganso-de-faces-negras
  Sámi Vilgesnierracuonji
  Turkish Yosun Kazý
  Welsh Gwydd Ddu


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