Definition of Genus branta

1. Noun. Wild geese.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Branta

genus Botaurus
genus Bothrops
genus Botrychium
genus Bougainvillaea
genus Bougainvillea
genus Bouteloua
genus Bowiea
genus Boykinia
genus Brachinus
genus Brachychiton
genus Brachycome
genus Brachystegia
genus Bradypus
genus Brama
genus Branchiobdella
genus Branta
genus Brasenia
genus Brevoortia
genus Brickelia
genus Brodiaea
genus Bromus
genus Brontosaurus
genus Broussonetia
genus Browallia
genus Browmius
genus Bruchus
genus Bruckenthalia

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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