There is also a 'grey-bellied' type, intermediate in colouring between hrota and nigricans, not recognied as a subspecies, breeding on one island in N Canada and wintering around Puget Sound.

  • Synonyms Black Brant, Dark-bellied brent goose, Dark-bellied Brent, Light-bellied Brent, Atlantic Brent, Pacific Brent, American Brant, Russian Brent, Brent Goose, Black Brent, Russian brent goose, Pale-bellied or Black Brant, Brent Goose/Brant, Brent, White-bellied Brent, Brant, Dark-bellied, White-bellied Brant
  • Old latin name for bird Anas bernicla, Anser scaldii

Brant Goosebird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Stein Ø. Nilsen
    Norway
  • 2.
    Call, flight call, © Lars Lachmann
    Ireland
  • 3.
    Call, © Kieran Nixon
    United Kingdom
  • 4.
    Call, © David Darrell-Lambert
    United Kingdom
  • 5.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Netherlands
  • 6.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Netherlands
  • 7.
    Call, female, flight call, juvenile, male, © Ruud van Beusekom
    Netherlands
  • 8.
    Nocturnal flight call, © Vandousselaere Patrick
    Belgium
  • 9.
    Call, © Craig Brookes
    United Kingdom
  • 10.
    Call, © William Whitehead
    United States
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Brant Goose

  • Breeding region Eurasia, North America
  • Breeding subregion widespread

Brant Goose subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Branta bernicla berniclanw, nc Russianw EuropeNo
Branta bernicla hrotane Canada, Greenland and Spitzbergenne USA, Ireland, UK and nw EuropeNo
Branta bernicla nigricansne Siberia, Alaska and nw Canadae Asia and w North AmericaNo

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AlbanianPata qafëzezë
BasqueBranta musubeltz, Oca de collar, Branta musubeltza
BelarusianЧорная казарка
BretonGarreli boutin, Ar garreli boutin
BulgarianЧерна гъска
Catalanoca de collar
Chinese黑雁, [hei-yan]
Chinese (Traditional)黑雁
CornishGoth Manow
Croatiangrivasta guska
Czechberneška tmavá
DanishMørkbuget Knortegås, Knortegås
DutchRotgans
EsperantoBerniklo, Kolringa ansero
Estonianmustlagle
FaroeseHelsi-gás, Helsigás, Helsingagás, Helsinga-gás
Finnishsepelhanhi
FrenchB. à ventre pâle ou B. du Pacifique, Bernache du Pacifique, Bernache cravant à ventre sombre, Cravant, Bernache cravant, Canard cravant
FrisianSwartbúkrotgoes, Rotgoes
GalicianGanso de cara negra, Oca de collar
GermanRussische, Dunkelbäuchige, Asiatische Ringelgans, Ringelgans, Rottgans
GreekΔαχτυλιδόχηvα, Δαχτυλιδόχηνα
Hebrewברנטה כהה
Hungarianörvös lúd
IcelandicMargæs, Austræn margæs
InuktitutNerlernaq
IrishGé dhubh, Gé ghúirainn, Cadhan
ItalianOca colombaccio, Oca colombaccio asiatica
Japaneseコクガン
KazakhҚарашақаз
Korean흑기러기
Latvianmelngalvas zoss, Melngalvas tumšzoss
LithuanianPaprastoji bernikle, paprastoji berniklė
LuxembourgishRéngelgäns
MacedonianГривеста гуска
ManxGuiy breck, Guiy doo
MongolianХар алаг галуу, Хар толгойт галуу
Northern SamiVilgesnierracuonji, Gierdočuonjá
NorwegianRavlegås, ringgås, Gaul, Polar-gås
Norwegian NynorskRinggås
Persianغاز گردن‌سیاه, غاز گردن‌ سیاه
Polishbernikla obrożna, bernikla obrozna
PortugueseGanso-de-faces-negras, ganso-de-faces-pretas, ganso de faces pretas
RomanianGâscă neagră
RomanshAuca dal cularin
RussianChyornaya Kazarka, Американская казарка, Казарка черная, Чёрная казарка, Черная казарка
SerbianЦрна гуска, Crnotrba grivasta guska, Crna guska, Grivasta guska
Slovakbernikľa tmavá, bernikla tmavá
Sloveniangrivasta gos, Crna gos
SpanishBarnacla del Pacifico, Bernacla de cara negra, Barnacla de Cara Negra, Ganso de Collar, Ganso Carinegro, Branta, Barnacla carinegra
Swedishprutgås
Turkishyosun kazy, Siyah-gerdanlı Kaz, Yosun Kazı
Ukrainianказарка чорна, Казарка чорна , Черна казарка, Чорна казарка
WelshGŵydd wendorch, Gŵydd du, Gŵydd ddu, Gŵydd dorchwen