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Definition of Genus branta
1. Noun. Wild geese.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Anatidae, Family Anatidae
Member holonyms: Brant, Brant Goose, Brent, Brent Goose, Branta Canadensis, Canada Goose, Canadian Goose, Honker, Barnacle, Barnacle Goose, Branta Leucopsis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Branta
Literary usage of Genus branta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Then: "The literature dealing with the distribution of the genus Branta fails to
take into account the region lying between Prince William Sound and Bering ..."
2. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... winters south to northwestern Europe, occasionally to Germany and France;
accidental on east coast of Greenland.] genus branta SCOPOLI. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"BRANT, a small wild goose of the genus Branta. The most familiar species,
the "common brant" (Branta bernicla) is found widely distributed throughout the ..."
4. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"HAB. North America, breeding far northward ; in winter south to Mexico and Cuba.
genus branta SCOPOLI. 'Branta SCOPOLI, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. 1769, 67. ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"The name given to various species of goose of the genus Branta. The brants may
be recognized by the black cheeks and chin taken in connection with the white ..."
6. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"1870, 131 CANAGICA. FIG. 18J. Emperor Goo^e. 250. Genus BRANTA Scopoli. *»* Bill
and feet black; head and neck black, with white spaces. Barnacle Goose. ..."
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