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    The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla) is a small goose of the genus Branta. There are three subspecies, all of which winter along temperate-zone...
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    similarity to the brant goose, genetic analysis has shown it is an eastern derivative of the cackling goose lineage. The barnacle goose was first classified...
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    barnacle goose myth is a widely-reported historical misconception about the breeding habits of the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and brant goose (Branta...
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    the IUCN. The red-breasted goose is sometimes placed in its own genus Rufibrenta but appears close enough to the brant goose (Branta bernicla) to make...
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  • Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is named for the brant goose. Brant Island is located offshore. List of communities in New Brunswick 47°22′32″N...
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    Branta (redirect from Black goose)
    Old Norse Brandgás meaning burnt as in "burnt (black) goose". The type species is the brant goose (Branta bernicla). Ottenburghs and colleagues published...
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    The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its...
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  • up brant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brant may refer to: Brant County, Ontario, Canada Brant (electoral district), Ontario, Canada Brant North...
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  • and sand dunes. Wildlife include migrating jaegers, scoter, grebe, and brant goose. In 1942, during World War II, the Government of Canada appropriated...
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    similar in size to that of the brant goose (Branta bernicla), but considerably smaller than that of the domestic goose (Anser anser domesticus). There...
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