Branta howardae Miller 1930 (goose)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Belongs to Branta according to P. Brodkorb 1964

See also Lambrecht 1933, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Branta bernicla, Branta canadensis, Branta dickeyi, Branta esmeralda, Branta hutchinsii, Branta hylobadistes, Branta hypsibata, Branta leucopsis, Branta propinqua, Branta ruficollis, Branta sandvicensis, Branta woolfendeni

Type specimen: UCMP 28811

Ecology: volant folivore-granivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Branta howardae in the database

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