The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla) is a small goose of the genus Branta. There are three subspecies, all of which winter along temperate-zone sea-coasts and breed on the high-Arctic tundra. The Brent oilfield was named after the species. [3]

Mar 4, 2020 · Brant (Branta bernicla), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.brant.01

The compact, rather short-necked Brant is an attractive small goose with a black head, white necklace, and rich brown body brightening to white under the tail. They winter in flocks in bays, estuaries, and lagoons, where they eat eelgrass and other aquatic vegetation. They nest in the Arctic in wetlands thick with grasses and sedges.

Small, short-legged coastal goose; distinctive black head and neck with small white necklace. Some variation in belly and flank coloration across subspecies. "Black Brant," mainly of western North America and eastern Asia, is darkest, with contrasting white flanks.

These small geese are characteristic of coastal areas in summer and winter; most birdwatchers know them from seeing their wintering flocks along both of our coasts. Traveling between their summer and winter outposts, they may fly at altitudes of several thousand feet as they cross great expanses of land or open ocean.

Brant spend most of the year in flocks. They forage by grazing or by swimming into shallow water and tipping forward to reach aquatic vegetation. Flocks form tight swarm-like groupings, less linear than skeins of Canada Geese. They give distinctive, grating calls that are often the first clue to their presence.

Branta bernicla [nigricans or orientalis]: 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

Dark-bellied Brant Goose (B. b. bernicla) Breeds in north-central Siberia (mainly around the Taimyr Peninsula); winters in coastal north-western Europe , mainly in southern England , Netherlands , Belgium , and northern France .

Brant Goose (Branta bernicla) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family. IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18. Identification record : Brant Goose (Branta bernicla) is a bird which belongs to the family of Anatidés and the order of Anseriformes.

The Brant, scientifically known as Branta bernicla, is a medium-sized, migratory goose that belongs to the family Anatidae, which includes other waterfowl such as ducks and swans.