---
title: "Brant"
description: "Branta bernicla — Birds. The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla) is a small goose in the genus Branta."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brant

> Branta bernicla — Birds. The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla) is a small goose in the genus Branta.

- Scientific name: *Branta bernicla*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast), `arctic` (Arctic)
- iNaturalist observations: 26241
- Wikidata: [Q27050](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27050)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7087](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7087)

## Names

- en: Brant
- de: Ringelgans
- es: Ganso de collar
- fr: Bernache cravant
- nl: Rotgans
- pt: Ganso-de-faces-negras
- pl: Bernikla obrożna

## Countries with the most observations

US (15286), GB (2138), CA (1941), FR (1533), NL (859), DE (656), IE (480), MX (389), RU (335), DK (260), ES (117), JP (93)

## Summary

The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla) is a small goose in the genus Branta. There are three subspecies, all of which winter along temperate-zone sea-coasts and breed on the high-Arctic tundra.
The Brent oilfield was named after the species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brant_(goose)

## Photo

![Brant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brant/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143139988

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brant?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).