Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Alternative combination: Anas bernicla
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Branta according to D. Michailidis et al. 2018
See also Bedetti and Pavia 2013, Clements et al. 2017, Hamon 1959, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Howard 1946, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Branta canadensis, Branta dickeyi, Branta esmeralda, Branta howardae, Branta hutchinsii, Branta hylobadistes, Branta hypsibata, Branta leucopsis, Branta minuscula, Branta propinqua, Branta ruficollis, Branta sandvicensis, Branta woolfendeni
Subtaxa: Branta bernicla nigricans
Type specimen: 1
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Nunavut, Quebec collections), Egypt (1), Greece (1), Greenland (3), Italy (2), Malta (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: California, Florida, Oregon, Virginia)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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