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Brant Goose Branta bernicla
A compact bird with a gray body, black head, and black neck, the Brant goose breeds in the High Arctic but winters on coasts at temperate latitudes-a pattern followed by many other wildfowl.
Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)
also known as the Brent Goose in Great Britain
Species Code: BRBE ...
or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. The head, neck, and tail are black, the back brownish gray, and the under parts grayish white.
Brant, Brant Goose, Black Brant (nigricans), Black Brent, White-bellied Brant, White-bellied Brent, Light-bellied Brent, Atlantic Brent, Dark-bellied Brent, Russian Brent, Pacific Brent
Bird Family :
Anserini - Geese, atypical ducks & pygmy-geese ...
Black brant,
Brant goose
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Brant aka Brent aka Brant Goose Branta bernicla Found: North America, Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1, 5) Alan D Wilson at Foot Of Kinkade Road, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
2, 3) Dick Daniels at Sylvan Heights 4) Dick on the Cape ...
Alternate common name(s): Brant Goose, Brent Goose, Atlantic Brant, Russian Brant, White-bellied Brant, Light-bellied Brant, Dark-bellied Brant, Black Brant, Pacific Brant
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Major species counted passing the point are: Red-throated Loons, Common Loons, Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorants, Brant Goose, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Parasitic Jaeger, Common Eider, King Eider (rare).
 See also: Goose, Brant, Geese, Black Brant, Waterfowl
  
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