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226,020 records (226,021 in total)

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Datasets

79 datasets have provided data to the NBN Atlas for this species.

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • UKSI
Synonym Source
Anser brenta synonym
  • UKSI
Anser torquatus Frisch synonym
  • UKSI
Bernicla brenta (Pallas) synonym
  • UKSI
Branta bernicla synonym
  • UKSI
Common Name Source
Brent Goose preferred
  • UKSI
Brant Goose
  • UKSI
Gwydd Ddu Welsh local
  • UKSI
Gwyddau Du Welsh local
  • UKSI
geòidh-ghot Scottish Gaelic local
  • UKSI
guirnean Scottish Gaelic local
  • UKSI
guirneanan Scottish Gaelic local
  • UKSI
gèadh-ghot Scottish Gaelic local
  • UKSI

Classification

unranked
Biota
domain
Eukaryota
kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
superclass
Tetrapoda
class
Aves
order
Anseriformes
family
Anatidae
genus
Branta
species
Branta bernicla
subspecies
Branta bernicla bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758) 
subspecies
Branta bernicla hrota (Müller, OF, 1776) 
subspecies
Branta bernicla nigricans (Lawrence, 1846) 
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