Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)

This taxon is a subspecies of Branta bernicla [bernicla or hrota]

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Other related concepts

• Branta [hrota x nigricans] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Asturian: Gansu caraprietu (hrota)
Bulgarian: Белокорема черна гъска, Черна гъска (ssp. hrota)
Breton: Garreli boutin kof sklaer
Catalan: Oca de collar (hrota)
Czech: B. t. atlantská , berneška tmavá (ssp. hrota), Berneška tmavá atlantská
Chuvash: Атлантика хура хурĕ
Welsh: Gŵydd ddu Canada
Danish: Knortegås (Lysbuget), Knortegås, Lysbuget (ssp. hrota), Lysbuget Knortegås
German: Atlantische Ringelgans, Hellbäuchige Ringelgans, Ringelgans (Hellbäuchige)
Greek: Δαχτυλιδόχηνα (hrota)
English: Atlantic brent goose, brant, Brant (Atlantic), Brant Goose (hrota), Light-bellied goose, Pale-bellied Brant, Pale-bellied Brant Goose, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, White-bellied Brant
English (United Kingdom): Brent Goose (Pale-bellied)
English, HBW: Brent Goose (Atlantic)
English (IOC): Brant Goose (Atlantic)
English (United States): Brant (Atlantic)
Esperanto: Palventra berniklo
Spanish: Barnacla Carinegra (hrota), Barnacla carinegra de Groenlandia, Ganso de Collar (hrota)
Spanish (Spain): Barnacla Carinegra (hrota)
Spanish (HBW): Brant (Atlantic)
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso de Collar (hrota)
Estonian: lääne-mustlagle
Basque: Branta musubeltza (hrota)
Persian: غاز گردن‌ سیاه (hrota)
Finnish: Lännensepelhanhi, sepelhanhi (alalaji hrota), sepelhanhi (hrota)
Faroese: Helsigás (hrota), Ljós helsigás
French: Bernache à ventre pâle, Bernache cravant (Atlantique), Bernache cravant (forme de l'Atlantique), Bernache cravant (hrota), Bernache cravant à ventre pâle
Frisian: Wytbûkrotgoes
Irish: Cadhan, Gé bholgbhán
Galician: Ganso de cara negra (hrota), Ganso de cara negra da Groenlandia
Hebrew: ברנטה כהה (אטלנטית)
Croatian: Svjetlotrba grivasta guska
Hungarian: Örvös lúd (Atlanti-óceán)
Icelandic: Margæs, Margæs (hrota)
Italian: Oca colombaccio atlantica
Japanese (romaji): kokugan (hrota)
Japanese: コクガン (hrota), コクガン（hrota）
Kazakh: қара Атлантида қарашақазы
Greenlandic: Nerlernaq
Kirghiz: Атлантика кара дудук казы
Scientific: Anas Bernicla, Anas Hrota, Branta bernicla bernicla, Branta bernicla hrota, Branta hrota
Lithuanian: Atlantinė berniklė, Paprastoji berniklė (hrota)
Latvian: Tumšā zoss
Montagnais (Innu-aimun): apishtiss
Dutch: Rotgans (Atlantische), Witbuikrotgans
Norwegian: Ringgås (hrota), Ringgås, underarten hrota
Polish: bernikla jasnobrzucha, bernikla jasnobrzucha (B.b. hrota)
Portuguese: Ganso-de-faces-negras, Ganso-de-faces-pretas da Groenlândia
Portuguese (Portugal): ganso-de-faces-pretas (hrota), Ganso-de-faces-pretas-da-gronelândia
Rhaeto-Romance: Auca dal venter cler
Romanian: Gâscă neagră cu pântece alb
Russian: Атлантическая черная казарка, Атлантическая чёрная казарка, Чёрная казарка (hrota), Чёрная казарка (подвид hrota)
Slovak: bernikla bledobruchá, bernikla bledobruchá (skup.)
Slovenian: Grivasta gos (hrota), Svetlotrebušna grivasta gos
Albanian: Pata barkbardhë
Serbian: Belotrba grivasta guska, Grivasta guska (hrota)
Swedish: Ljusbukig prutgås, prutgås (hrota)
Turkish: ak karınlı yosun kazı, Ak-karınlı Yosun Kazı, Yosun Kazı (hrota)
Tatar: Атлантик кара казаркасы
Ukrainian: Казарка (чорна) світлобока, Казарка чорна (підвид hrota)
Chinese: 黑雁 (hrota)