Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Branta bernicla

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Other related concepts

• Branta [bernicla x nigricans] (hybrid)
• Branta [hrota x nigricans] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Ringnekgans (Swart-)
Asturian: Gansu caraprietu (nigricans)
Azerbaijani: Yosun qazı (nigricans yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Американска черна гъска, Черна гъска (ssp. nigricans)
Breton: Garreli du
Catalan: Oca de collar (nigricans)
Czech: berneška tmavá (ssp. nigricans), Berneška tmavá kanadská
Chuvash: Америка хура хурĕ, хура хырăмлă хура хур
Welsh: Gŵydd ddu Siberia
Danish: Knortegås, Sortbuget (ssp. nigricans), Sortbuget Knortegås
German: Lawrence Ringelgans, Pazifische Ringelgans, Ringelgans (Pazifische), Schwarzbäuchige Ringelgans
Greek: Δαχτυλιδόχηνα (nigricans), Μαυρή δαχτυλιδόχηvα
English: Black Brant, Brant (Black), Brant Goose (Black), Brant Goose [nigricans or orientalis], Lawrence brant goose
English (Avilist): Brant (Black)
English (United Kingdom): Brent Goose (Black)
English, HBW: Brent Goose (Black)
English (IOC): Brant Goose (Black)
English (United States): Brant (Black)
Esperanto: Nigra berniklo, Nigra branto
Spanish: Barnacla Carinegra (nigricans), Barnacla de Lawrence, Barnacla negra, Ganso de Collar (nigricans/orientalis)
Spanish (Cuba): Ganso Carinegro (oscura)
Spanish (Spain): Barnacla carinegra (nigricans), Barnacla Carinegra (nigricans/orientalis)
Spanish (HBW): Brant (Black)
Spanish (Honduras): Ganso de Collar (nigricans)
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso de Collar (nigricans), Ganso de Collar (nigricans/orientalis)
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Ganso Carinegro (nigricans)
Estonian: kirde-mustlagle
Basque: Branta musubeltza (nigricans)
Persian: غاز گردن‌ سیاه (nigricans)
Finnish: Mustasepelhanhi, sepelhanhi (nigricans)
Faroese: Svørt helsigás
French: Bernache cravant (noire), Bernache cravant [nigricans ou orientalis], Bernache cravant à ventre pâle, Bernache cravant de Lawrence, Bernache du Pacifique, Bernache noire
French (Guyane): Bernache cravant (nigricans)
Frisian: Swarte rotgoes
Irish: Cadhan dubh
Galician: Ganso de cara negra (nigricans), Ganso de cara negra do Pacífico
Hebrew: ברנטה כהה (שחורה)
Croatian: grivasta guska (crna), Tamna grivasta guska
Hungarian: Fekete örvös lúd
Icelandic: Margæs (nigricans), Vestræn margæs
Italian: Oca colombaccio di Lawrence
Japanese (romaji): Koku-gan, kokugan (nigricans/orientalis)
Japanese: コクガン (nigricans), コクガン (nigricans/orientalis), コクガン（nigricans）
Kazakh: Америка қарашақазы, Қарашақаз (Қара)
Korean: 흑기러기 (nigricans)
Kirghiz: Америка дудук казы
Scientific: Anser nigricans, Branta bernicla [nigricans or orientalis], Branta bernicla nigricans, Branta bernicla nigricans/orientalis, Branta nigricans, Branta nigricans nigricans
Lithuanian: Juodoji berniklė, Paprastoji berniklė (nigricans)
Latvian: Melnā zoss
Dutch: Rotgans (Zwarte), Zwarte Rotgans
Norwegian: Ringgås (nigricans), ringgås (nigricans/orientalis), Ringgås, underarten nigricans
Polish: bernikla czarna, bernikla obrożna (nigricans)
Portuguese: Ganso-de-faces-negras, Ganso-de-faces-pretas-boreal
Portuguese (Portugal): ganso-de-faces-pretas (nigricans), Ganso-negro
Rhaeto-Romance: Auca dal Pacific
Romanian: Gâscă neagră (nigricans), Gâscă neagră cu pântece negru
Russian: Американская казарка, Казарка американская, Казарка черная тихоокеанская, Тихоокеанская черная казарка, Тихоокеанская чёрная казарка, Чёрная казарка (Американская)
Slovak: bernikla čierna, bernikla čierna (skup.)
Slovenian: Črna grivasta gos, Grivasta gos (nigricans)
Serbian: Grivasta guska (nigricans), Tamna grivasta guska
Swedish: prutgås (nigricans), prutgås (nigricans/orientalis), Svartbukig prutgås
Turkish: kara karınlı yosun kazı, Kara-karınlı Yosun Kazı, Yosun Kazı (nigricans), Yosun Kazı (nigricans/orientalis)
Tatar: Тын океан кара казаркасы
Ukrainian: Казарка (чорна) неоарктична, Казарка чорна (підвид nigricans)
Chinese: 黑雁（黑腹）
Chinese (Hong Kong): 黑雁(nigricans)
Chinese (Traditional): 黑雁(黑腹)