Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Branta bernicla

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Asturian: Gansu Face Prieta
Belarusian: Чорная казарка
Bulgarian: Черна гъска
Breton: Ar garreli boutin
Catalan: Oca de collar
Valencian: Oca de collar
Czech: berneška tmavá
Welsh: Gŵydd ddu
Danish: Knortegås
German: Ringelgans
Greek: Δαχτυλιδόχηνα
English: American Brant, Brant, Brant Goose, Brant Goose [bernicla or hrota], Dark-bellied or Pale-bellied Brant, White-bellied Brant
English (United Kingdom): Brent Goose
Esperanto: Kolringa ansero
Spanish: Barnacla Carinegra
Spanish (Spain): Barnacla Carinegra
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso de collar
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Ganso Carinegro
Estonian: Mustlagle
Basque: Branta musubeltz
Persian: ٱب ځ ىَن ا يٌٓ
Finnish: sepelhanhi
Faroese: Helsigás
French: Bernache cravant, Bernache cravant [bernicla or hrota], Bernache cravant [bernicla ou hrota], Bernache cravant ou B. à ventre pâle
Frisian: Swartbúkrotgoes
Irish: Cadhan
Gaelic: Gèadh Got
Galician: Ganso de cara negra
Manx: Guiy breck
Hebrew: ברנטה כהה
Croatian: Grivasta guska
Hungarian: Örvös lúd
Icelandic: Margæs
Italian: Oca colombaccio
Inuktitut: Nerlernaq
Japanese (romaji): kokugan
Japanese: コクガン
Japanese (Kanji): 黒雁
Khakas: Хара хас
Kazakh: Қарашақаз
Korean: 흑기러기
Korean (Transliteration): heuk-gireogi
Cornish: Goth Manow
Scientific: Anas Bernicla, Branta [bernicla or hrota], Branta bernicla, Branta bernicla [bernicla or hrota], Branta bernicla bernicla
Luxembourgish: Réngelgäns
Limburgish: Rotgajs
Lithuanian: Paprastoji berniklė
Latvian: Melngalvas zoss
Mongolian: Хар алаг галуу
Dutch: Rotgans
Norwegian: Ringgås
Polish: bernikla obrożna
Pinyin: hēi-yàn
Portuguese: Ganso-de-faces-negras
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-de-faces-pretas
Romansh: Auca dal cularin
Romanian: Gâscă neagră
Russian: Чёрная казарка
Scots: Geadh got
Northern Sami: Vilgesnierracuonji
Slovak: bernikľa tmavá
Slovenian: grivasta gos
Serbian: Crna guska
Swedish: Prutgås
Turkish: Yosun kazı
Tuvinian: Бичии кара кас
Ukrainian: Казарка чорна
Chinese: 黑雁
Chinese (Traditional): 黑雁
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黑雁
Chinese (Taiwan): 黑雁