Brant Goose (Branta bernicla) Science Article 2 abstract Age ratio (% juveniles) counts of Brent Goose flocks provide a crude index of their social composition (families versus subadults and failed breeders). In 1975/76, the possible impact of habitat and season was studied in four areas along the Dutch Wadden Sea. Sightings of birds colour-ringed in […]
Tag: Branta bernicla
Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)
[order] ANSERIFORMES | [family] Anatidae | [latin] Branta bernicla | [authority] Linnaeus, 1758 | [UK] Brant Goose | [FR] Bernache cravant | [DE] Ringelgans | [ES] Barnacla de Cara Negra | [NL] Rotgans Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The black geese of the genus Branta are waterfowl belonging to the true geese and swans subfamily Anserinae. […]