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The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla) is a small goose of the genus Branta. There are three subspecies, all of which winter along temperate-zone sea-coasts and breed on the high-Arctic tundra. There are three subspecies, all of which winter along temperate-zone sea-coasts and breed on the high-Arctic tundra.
The genus Branta was introduced by the Austrian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1769. [1] The name is a Latinised form of Old Norse Brandgás meaning burnt as in "burnt (black) goose". [2]
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org الحياة البرية في جبالة; Usage on ast.wikipedia.org Branta bernicla
PFG 1: A Field Guide to the Birds (1934), by Roger Tory Peterson . Second edition (1939): A Field Guide to the Birds Third edition (1947): A Field Guide to the Birds Fourth edition (1980): A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
The Helm Identification Guides are a series of books that identify groups of birds.The series include two types of guides, those that are: Taxonomic, dealing with a particular family of birds on a worldwide scale—most early Helm Guides were this type, as well as many more-recent ones, although some later books deal with identification of such groups on a regional scale only (e.g., The Gulls ...
Brent goose (Branta bernicla) A – winter visitor Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) A – rare vagrant Canada goose (Branta canadensis) A & C – resident introduced population, some wild vagrants Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) A & C – winter visitor and resident introduced population Cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) A – rare vagrant
Besides Bewick's swan and flocks of white-fronted geese, large waterfowl regularly present in the reserve in winter include the brent goose, pink-footed goose, barnacle goose and taiga bean goose. The swans tend to fly off in the day and return to feed in the late afternoon, and another spectacular sight at the end of winter afternoons is the ...
The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with extensive black in the plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species. Despite its superficial similarity to the brant goose, genetic analysis has shown its closest relative is the cackling goose. [2]