Brant goose

Branta bernicla
Ducks and geese (Anatidae)

B. b. bernicla with dark belly.
Brant gooseon RikenMon's Nature.Guide

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Small goose with completely black head and breast with a white marking on the neck. This marking is missing on the young. The back is darker in colour and the rump is white, both sexes are the same.

The V-shaped group flight is rather untidy and more wave-like. Large colonies are formed and they graze on meadows or salt marshes though they feed on eel-grass as well. They rest ashore and on the sea.

⇔ l. 55–60 cm

A migratory bird breeding the furthest north of all geese, around the Arctic Ocean. There are 3 subspecies each with their own breeding and wintering locations. They differ in belly and flank colours but all have a black head.  They can mix.

LA:
≈ The BRANTA LEUCOPSIS (Barnacle goose) and the BRANTA CANADENSIS (Canada goose) have white head markings.

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