Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Branta

Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Branta*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas bernicla*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): ringgås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: knortegås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: rotgans sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: brant; Brant goose; Brent goose sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.8).;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Brent Goose sources: Charles Hussey

French: bernachle cravant sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Gaelic: cadhan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Cadhan

German: Ringelgans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Δαχτυλιδόχηνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Cadhan sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Italian: oca colombaccio sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: paprastoji berniklė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: ringgås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: ringgås sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 124

Norwegian Nynorsk: ringgås sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 124

Nynorsk (Norwegian): ringgås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: bernikla obrożna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: черная казарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: cadhan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: grivasta gos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: barnacla carinegra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: prutgås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: yosun kazi; yosun kazı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: гусак Брента; Казарка чорна; Чорна казарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwydd ddu

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (605 publications)
GenBank (30 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159175

Drs Cees Roselaar. Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96485