Brant Goose
Branta bernicla
黑雁
IUCN: Least Concern
Found in China
Taxonomy
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Branta
- eBird Code
- brant
Subspecies (3)
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Branta bernicla bernicla
breeds north-central Siberia; winters coastal England and northwestern Europe
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Branta bernicla hrota
breeds in eastern Arctic Canada, northern Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land; winters in coastal eastern North America, Ireland, Great Britain, and Denmark
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Branta bernicla nigricans
breeds northeastern Siberia, western and northern Alaska, and northwestern Canada; winters from from Japan to Korea and northeastern China, and from Alaska to northwestern Mexico