brant goose
branta bernicla latin

The Brant Goose is a small goose long and with a short, stubby bill.

It is named for the Brant Goose.

The river cuts through a large Black Brant Goose Colony.

That same year, he also came in second, for his painting of the Pale-bellied Brant Goose.

Large populations of the American Brant Goose nest on coastal islands at the river's mouth.

The Pale-bellied Brant Goose appears blackish-brown and light grey in colour.

Brant geese, including the occasional black brant, can sometimes be seen at the athletic fields in foul weather.

During the winter the area shelters northern birds, including brant geese and northern saw-whet owls.

Wildlife include migrating jaegers, scoter, grebe, and Brant goose.

In winter, the flood plain attracts large flocks of Brant geese and Canada geese.

Melville Island is one of two major breeding grounds for a small sea goose, the Brant Goose.

In 1984, hundreds of brant geese were found dead of chemical poisoning on the grounds of the Seawane Club.

Black Brant, Brant Goose - species of goose.

The annual Brant Geese fly-by during March and April is developing into a local birding event.

The big bird from the north, along with lesser cousin and traveling companion the brant goose, has become increasingly more prolific and at home in suburbia.

Currently, Mr. Parson estimates about 5,000 brant geese feed daily on the greens at Seawane.

Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)

The name "Brant Rock" eventually came into use, because of the huge rock outcropping along the beach on which Brant geese would tend to rest.

Black Brant Geese, an indicator of wildlife sustainability in the Georgia Basin Environment Canada.

Habel serves as breeding and resting grounds for many species of marine birds like the Brant Goose and the Arctic Tern.

It is an important food for Brant Geese and Wigeons, and even (occasionally) caterpillars of the grass moth Dolicharthria punctalis.

Waterfowl include Canada Goose, Snow Goose and Brant Goose (Brent Goose).

Scientists determined last week that a virus had killed nearly 1,100 migrating brant geese in coastal waters off Atlantic and Cape May counties, but they were still working to identify it.

Important bird areas include the Colville River delta, Teshekpuk Lake (which is within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska), and Kasegaluk Lagoon a breeding area for brant goose.

The Brant Goose is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)

It is sometimes separated in Rufibrenta but appears close enough to the Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) to make this unnecessary, despite its distinct appearance.

The northern shores have extensive mudflats and salt marshes which provide winter feeding areas for the Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Branta bernicla hrota.

The Brant or Brent Goose, Branta bernicla, is a species of goose of the genus Branta.

Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans (Lawrence, 1846) (sometimes also known as the Pacific Brant in North America)

The Black Brant or Pacific Brent Goose (Branta bernicla nigricans) is a subspecies of the Brant Goose that breeds in Alaska and winters in Baja California.