Brant Branta bernicla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (46)
- Subspecies (3)
Tyler L. Lewis, David H. Ward, James S. Sedinger, Austin Reed, Dirk V. Derksen, Carles Carboneras, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 4, 2013
Text last updated December 4, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Gansu caraprietu |
| Basque | Branta musubeltza |
| Bulgarian | Черна гъска |
| Catalan | oca de collar |
| Chinese | 黑雁 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑雁 |
| Croatian | grivasta guska |
| Czech | berneška tmavá |
| Danish | Knortegås |
| Dutch | Rotgans |
| English | Brant |
| English (UK) | Brent Goose |
| English (United States) | Brant |
| Faroese | Helsigás |
| Finnish | sepelhanhi |
| French | Bernache cravant |
| French (France) | Bernache cravant |
| Galician | Ganso de cara negra |
| German | Ringelgans |
| Greek | Δαχτυλιδόχηνα |
| Hebrew | ברנטה כהה |
| Hungarian | Örvös lúd |
| Icelandic | Margæs |
| Italian | Oca colombaccio |
| Japanese | コクガン |
| Korean | 흑기러기 |
| Latvian | Melngalvas zoss |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji berniklė |
| Mongolian | Хар толгойт галуу |
| Norwegian | ringgås |
| Persian | غاز گردن سیاه |
| Polish | bernikla obrożna |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Ganso-de-faces-pretas |
| Romanian | Gâscă neagră |
| Russian | Чёрная казарка |
| Serbian | Grivasta guska |
| Slovak | bernikla tmavá |
| Slovenian | Grivasta gos |
| Spanish | Barnacla Carinegra |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Ganso de Collar |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ganso de Collar |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Ganso Carinegro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Barnacla carinegra |
| Swedish | prutgås |
| Turkish | Yosun Kazı |
| Ukrainian | Казарка чорна |
Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas Bernicla
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.124.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Northern Europe = Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BRANTA
- bernicla
- Bernicla
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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