Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Branta

Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Branta*	Scopoli, 1769	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas bernicla*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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.

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

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

Hebrew: ברנטה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Japanese: コクガン sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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 Gaelic: 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

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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 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	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	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (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	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.