Mexican species

       
Brant (Branta bernicla)
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bernicla bernicla (Dark-bellied) Breeds north-central Siberia; winters coastal England and northwestern Europe
hrota hrota (Pale-bellied) Breeds in eastern arctic Canada, northern Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Franz Josef Land; winters in coastal eastern North America, Ireland, Great Britain, and Denmark
nigricans nigricans (Black) Breeds northeastern Siberia, western and northern Alaska, and northwestern Canada; winters from from Japan to Korea and northeastern China, and from Alaska to northwestern Mexico
Endemic status
Sound Guide x4x
Comment A Gray-bellied form exists in America with intermediate characters somewhat between dark- pale-bellied.
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