Adult (Atlantic) © Evan Lipton eBird S35772929 Macaulay Library ML 53811211
Adult (Black) © Beko Binder
Adult (Dark-bellied) © Steve Kelling
Adult (Gray-bellied) © Matt Sadowski
Adult (Atlantic) © andrew aldrich
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Juvenile (Atlantic) © Chris Wood
Juvenile (Dark-bellied) © Stephen Harris
Adult (Atlantic) © Ryan Schain
Juvenile (Atlantic) (with Canada Goose) © Robert Jilek

Brant Branta bernicla

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Identification

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Small, short-legged coastal goose; distinctive black head and neck with small white necklace. Some variation in belly and flank coloration across subspecies. "Black Brant," mainly of western North America and eastern Asia, is darkest, with contrasting white flanks. Breeds on tundra in the high Arctic; winters in saltmarshes, rocky coastlines, sheltered bays, and beaches. Typically uncommon to rare inland. Almost always seen in flocks, only rarely mixing with other geese species.

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