Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds


Brent Goose

https://www.hbw.com/ibc/species/brent-goose-branta-bernicla

Scientific:
Branta bernicla

Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Genus:
Branta

Danish : Knortegås

Greenlandic : Nerlernaq

Length : 56-61cm
Wingspan : 110-120cm
Weight : 1.3 to 1.6 kg

Martin St-Michel, XC295512. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/295512

References :

Avibase: World Bird Database. Branta bernicla. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=3163ED86A508BB83

BirdLife International (2018) Species factsheet: Branta bernicla. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org

Lewis, T. L., D. H. Ward, James S. Sedinger, Austin Reed and D. V. Derksen. 2013. Brant (Branta bernicla), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

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