Brant Goose

Branta bernicla - Bernache cravant

Bernache cravant
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Branta

  • Species
    :

    bernicla

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 66 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 110 à 120 cm.
  • Weight
    : 850 à 1770 g
Longevity

13 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bernache cravant
adult
Bernache cravant
adult plum. post breeding

Brant Goose (Branta bernicla) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Branta bernicla bernicla (nw and nc Russia)
  • Branta bernicla nigricans (ne Siberia, Alaska, nw Canada)
  • Branta bernicla hrota (ne Canada, Greenland, Spitzbergen)

Foreign names

  • Bernache cravant,
  • Barnacla carinegra,
  • ganso-de-faces-pretas,
  • Ringelgans,
  • örvös lúd,
  • Rotgans,
  • Oca colombaccio,
  • prutgås,
  • Ringgås,
  • bernikla tmavá,
  • berneška tmavá,
  • Knortegås,
  • sepelhanhi,
  • oca de collar,
  • Margæs,
  • bernikla obrożna,
  • melngalvas zoss,
  • grivasta gos,
  • Чёрная казарка,
  • コクガン,
  • 黑雁,
  • 黑雁,

Voice song and call

Bernache cravant
adult

Habitat

Bernache cravant

Grassland : Tundra ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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