Brant
Branta bernicla
Identification Tips:
- Sexes similar
- Small coastal goose
- Black head, neck, and breast
- White patch on neck
- Black bill, legs, and feet
- White upper and undertail coverts, rump, and dark tail
- Very dark wings
Adult-Pacific coast
- Very dark back
- Blackish belly
- Some white on flanks
Adult-Atlantic coast
- Dark back
- Pale belly and flanks
Similar species:
Other dark geese have white face patches.