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The black geese of the genus Branta are waterfowl belonging to the true geese and swans subfamily Anserinae. They occur in the northern coastal regions of the Palearctic and all over North America , migrating to more southerly coasts in winter, and as resident birds in the Hawaiian Islands .
Branta is a Latinised form of Old Norse Brandgás, "burnt (black) goose" and the specific epithet is from the Ancient Greek leukos "white", and opsis "faced". [ 2 ] The barnacle goose and the similar brant goose were previously considered one species, and were formerly believed to spawn from the goose barnacle . [ 3 ]
The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose, closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). [2] The greater white-fronted goose is migratory , breeding in northern Canada , Alaska , Greenland and Russia, and winters farther south in North America, Europe and Asia. [ 1 ]
The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a large species of goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America , and it is occasionally found during migration across the Atlantic in northern Europe .
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Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (R) Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (R) Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus (R) (I) Snow goose, Anser caerulescens; Ross's goose, Anser rossii (R) Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons; Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (R) Brant, Branta bernicla; Barnacle goose, Branta ...
(this paper presented claims that Black Brant and Dark-bellied Brent Goose were interbreeding extensively in the Russian Arctic) Sangster, George (2000). Taxonomic status of bernicla and nigricans Brent Goose British Birds 91(12):565–572 (a critical re-evaluation of the claims made in the above paper by Syroechkovski et al.) Ebels, E.B. (1997).
When driving along South Carolina’s coastal waterways, wetlands and estuaries, you may find yourself spotting a small, strange-looking bird with a long, curved beak. Those little birds are white ...