Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

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

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Other related concepts

• Branta bernicla x Cygnus olor (hybrid)
• Branta [bernicla x canadensis] (hybrid)
• Branta [bernicla x leucopsis] (hybrid)
• Branta [bernicla x ruficollis] (hybrid)
• Branta [bernicla x nigricans] (hybrid)
• Anser cygnoides x Branta bernicla (hybrid)
• Anser albifrons x Branta bernicla (hybrid)
• Anser erythropus x Branta bernicla (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Branta bernicla (hybrid)
• Anser indicus x Branta bernicla (hybrid)
• Anser caerulescens x Branta bernicla (hybrid)
• Anser canagicus x Branta bernicla (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Asturian: Gansu caraprietu (bernicla), Gansu Enllutau, Gansu Face Prieta
Bashkir: ҡара ҡаҙ
Belarusian: Казарка чорная, Чорная казарка
Bulgarian: Черна гъска, Черна гъска (ssp. bernicla)
Breton: Ar garreli boutin
Catalan: Oca de collar, Oca de collar (bernicla)
Valencian: Oca de collar
Montenegrin: grivasta guska, гриваста гуска
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): гриваста гуска
Czech: B. t. severoevropská , Berneška tmavá, berneška tmavá (ssp. bernicla), Berneška tmavá severoevropská
Chuvash: тĕттĕм хырăмлă хура хур, хура казарка, хура тинĕс хурĕ, хура хур
Welsh: Gŵydd ddu, Gŵydd dorchwen, Gŵydd du, Gŵydd wendorch
Danish: Knortegås, Knortegås (Mørkbuget), Knortegås, Mørkbuget (ssp. bernicla), Mørkbuget Knortegås
German: Dunkelbäuchige Ringelgans, Ringelgans, Ringelgans (Dunkelbäuchige), Rottgans
Greek: Δαχτυλιδόχηνα, Δαχτυλιδόχηνα (bernicla)
English: American Brant, brant, Brant (Dark-bellied), Brant Goose, Brant Goose (bernicla), Brent Goose, Dark-bellied Brant, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, White-bellied Brant
English (United Kingdom): Brent Goose, Brent Goose (Dark-bellied)
English, HBW: Brent Goose (Dark-bellied)
English (IOC): Brant Goose (Dark-bellied)
English (United States): Brant (Dark-bellied)
Esperanto: Berniklo, Kolringa ansero
Spanish: Barnacla Carinegra, Barnacla Carinegra (bernicla), Branta, Ganso Carinegro, ganso de collar, Ganso de Collar (bernicla)
Spanish (Spain): Barnacla Carinegra, Barnacla Carinegra (bernicla)
Spanish (HBW): Brant (Dark-bellied)
Spanish (Mexico): Branta, ganso de collar, Ganso de Collar (bernicla)
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Ganso Carinegro
Estonian: Mustlagle
Basque: Branta musubeltz, Branta musubeltza, Branta musubeltza (bernicla), Oca de collar
Persian: غاز گردن‌ سیاه (bernicla), غاز گردن‌سیاه
Finnish: Sepelhanhi, sepelhanhi (alalaji bernicla), sepelhanhi (bernicla)
Faroese: Dimm helsigás, Helsigás, Helsi-gás, Helsigás (bernicla), Helsingagás, Helsinga-gás
French: Bernache à ventre blanc, Bernache à ventre sombre, Bernache cravant, Bernache cravant (à ventre foncé), Bernache cravant (bernicla), Bernache cravant (forme à ventre foncé), Bernache cravant à ventre sombre, Canard cravant, Cravant
Frisian: Swartbúkrotgoes
Irish: Cadhan, Gé dhubh, Gé ghúirainn
Gaelic: Gèadh Got, Guirenan
Galician: Ganso de cara negra, Ganso de cara negra (bernicla), Oca de collar
Manx: Guiy breck
Hebrew: ברנטה כהה, ברנטה כהה (כהת-בטן)
Croatian: Crnokljuna grivasta guska, Grivasta guska
Hungarian: Örvös lúd, Örvös lúd (Sötét hasú)
Icelandic: Margæs, Margæs (bernicla)
Italian: Oca colombaccio, Oca colombaccio (bernicla)
Inuktitut: Nerlernaq
Japanese (romaji): Koku-gan, kokugan (bernicla)
Japanese: コクガン, コクガン (bernicla), コクガン（bernicla）
Japanese (Kanji): 黒雁
Kara-Kalpak: қара ғаз, шөл ғазы
Mongolian, Halh: хар галуу
Khakas: Хара хас
Kazakh: қара казарка, Қарашақаз
Korean: 흑기러기
Korean (Transliteration): heuk-gireogi
Cornish: Goth Manow
Kirghiz: кара дудук каз
Scientific: Anas Bernicla, Anas Hrota, Bernicla micropus, Branta bernicla, Branta bernicla bernicla, Branta bernicla hrota
Luxembourgish: Réngelgäns
Limburgish: Rotgajs
Lithuanian: Paprastoji bernikle, Paprastoji berniklė, Paprastoji berniklė (bernicla)
Latvian: Melngalvas tumšzoss, Melngalvas zoss, Melngalvas zoss (bernicla)
Mongolian: Хар алаг галуу, хар галуу
Maltese: brenta
Dutch: Rotgans, Rotgans (zwartbuik)
Norwegian: Gaul, Polar-gås, Ravlegås, Ringgås, Ringgås (bernicla)
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): ristusorzu
Polish: bernikla obrozna, Bernikla obrożna, bernikla obrożna (bernicla), bernikla obrożna (ssp. bernicla)
Pinyin: hēi-yàn
Portuguese: ganso de faces pretas, Ganso-de-faces-negras
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-de-faces-pretas, ganso-de-faces-pretas (bernicla), Ganso-de-faces-pretas-comum
Romansh: Auca dal cularin
Romanian: Gâscă neagră, Gâscă neagră (bernicla)
Russian: Казарка черная, Черная Казарка, Чёрная казарка, Чёрная казарка (bernicla), Чёрная казарка (подвид bernicla)
Yakut: хара хаас, хардырҕаһа, хардырҕас, хардырҕас хаас, хардырҕастар
Scots: Geadh got, Guirenan
Northern Sami: Vilgesnierracuonji
Slovak: bernikľa tmavá, bernikla tmavá (skup.)
Slovenian: Crna gos, grivasta gos, Grivasta gos (bernicla)
Serbian: Crna guska, Grivasta guska (bernicla), Црна гуска
Swedish: Prutgås, prutgås (bernicla)
Turkish: Sibirya yosun kazı, Siyah-gerdanlı Kaz, Yosun kazı, Yosun Kazı (bernicla), yosun kazy
Tatar: кара казарка
Tuvinian: Бичии кара кас
Ukrainian: Казарка чорна , Казарка чорна (підвид bernicla), Чорна казарка
Uzbek: қора казарка
Kalmyk: хар һалун, хар шаңшм
Chinese: [hei-yan], 黑雁, 黑雁 (bernicla)
Chinese (Traditional): 黑雁
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 黑雁
Chinese (Taiwan): [hei-yan], 黑雁