Branta Scopoli 1769 (goose)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Parent taxon: Anserini according to J. Gonzalez et al. 2009

See also Bickart 1990, Brodkorb 1964, Clements et al. 2017, Emslie 1992, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Howard 1972, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Martin 1988, Olson and James 1982, Olson and James 1991, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Parmalee 1992, Shufeldt 1891, Wetmore 1924, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Anser, Cygnavus

Subtaxa: Branta bernicla Branta canadensis Branta dickeyi Branta esmeralda Branta howardae Branta hutchinsii Branta hylobadistes Branta hypsibata Branta leucopsis Branta propinqua Branta ruficollis Branta sandvicensis Branta woolfendeni

View classification

Ecology: volant folivore-granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (10: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Egypt (2), Finland (1), Greece (3), Greenland (19), Indonesia (1), Italy (3), Malta (1), Mexico (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (57: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)

• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of United States (3: California)

Total: 110 collections including 129 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.