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The brant goose was strictly coastal bird in winter, rarely leaving tidal estuaries, where it feeds on eelgrass (Zostera marina) [21] and the seaweed, sea lettuce (Ulva). [ 11 ] [ 22 ] On the east coast of North America, the inclusion of sea lettuce is a recent change to their diet, brought about by a blight on eelgrass in 1931.
The name is a Latinised form of Old Norse Brandgás meaning burnt as in "burnt (black) goose". [2] The type species is the brant goose (Branta bernicla). [3] Ottenburghs and colleagues published a study in 2016 that established the phylogenetic relationships between the species. [4]
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 Chinese and African Geese are the domestic breeds of the swan goose (A. cygnoides); they can be recognized by their prominent bill knob. [ 1 ] Some breeds, like the Obroshin Goose and Steinbach Fighting Goose , originated in hybrids between these species (the hybrid males are usually fertile – see Haldane's Rule ).
This category is for geese in the genus Branta. Pages in category "Branta" ... Brant (goose) C. Cackling goose; Canada goose; Canada goose in New Zealand; D.
Adult geese are often seen leading their goslings in a line with one parent at the front, and the other at the back of the "parade". Like most geese, the cackling goose is naturally migratory, with their overwintering range being most of the U.S. (locally in Western Canada, the West Coast of the U.S. and northern Mexico). The calls overheard ...
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]
Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus (I, A) Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis; Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica; Black scoter, Melanitta americana (A) Black swan, Cygnus atratus (I) Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors (A) Brant goose, Branta bernicla; Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola (A) Cackling goose, Branta hutchinsii (A) Canada goose, Branta ...