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Brant
Branta bernicla

Medium to small goose
Black head, neck, and chest
White, partly broken collar
Size: 22-26 in
Weight: 42-64 ounces

Sexes look alike

Syllables: Brant
Pronunciation: braent



Brant
1-1	Brnt_08x10_5710	8x10 Print	$10.00
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Brant
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Brant
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Brant
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The Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)
is a goose of the genus Branta, known in North America as Brant.

The Brant Goose is a small goose, about 60 cm long and with a short, stubby bill. The under-tail is pure white, and the tail black and very short (the shortest of any goose).

It used to be a strictly coastal bird in winter, seldom leaving tidal estuaries, where it fed on eel-grass (Zostera marina) and a type of seaweed, sea lettuce (Ulva). In recent decades, it has started using agricultural land a short distance inland, feeding extensively on grass and winter-sown cereals. This may be behavior learnt by following other species of geese. Food resources pressure may also be important in forcing this change, as the world population has risen over ten-fold to 400-500,000 by the mid 1980s, possibly reaching the carrying capacity of the estuaries.

In the breeding season, it uses low-lying wet coastal tundra for both breeding and feeding. The nest is bowl-shaped, lined with grass and down, in an elevated location, often in a small pond.

Categories : Branta | Geese

Brant

Scientific classification

         Kingdom: Animalia
         Phylum:   Chordata
         Class:   Aves
         Order:   Anseriformes
         Family:   Anatidae
         Genus:   Branta
         Species:   B. bernicla

Binomial name
Branta bernicla