IRMNG - Branta Scopoli, 1769

IRMNG taxon details

Branta Scopoli, 1769

IRMNG_ID

1274200 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1274200)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Synonymised names

Eubranta Verheyen, 1955 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Branta hrota
Species Branta hutchinsii (Richardson, 1832)
Species Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803)
Species Branta nigricans
Species Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769)
Species Branta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1834)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Annus Hist. Nat., 1
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Branta Scopoli, 1769. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1274200 on 2026-06-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Sources (10)
Links (1)

original description Annus Hist. Nat., 1
page(s): 67 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]

original description (of Eubranta Verheyen, 1955) Verheyen, R. (1955). La systématique des Ansériformes basée sur l'ostéologie comparée (suite). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.</em> 31(36): 1-16., available online at https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences/31-1955/irscnb_p4087_00df58p_31_bulletin-36-red.pdf
page(s): 9 [details]

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