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Branta
Taxonomy
Branta was named by Scopoli (1769). It is extant. Its type is Anas bernicla.
It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Anatinae by Brodkorb (1964); to Anserinae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Howard (1972); to Anatini by Bickart (1990); to Anserini by Livezey and Martin (1988), Emslie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Gonzalez et al. (2009); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902), Wetmore (1924), Olson and James (1982), Olson and James (1991), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Anatinae by Brodkorb (1964); to Anserinae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Howard (1972); to Anatini by Bickart (1990); to Anserini by Livezey and Martin (1988), Emslie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Gonzalez et al. (2009); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902), Wetmore (1924), Olson and James (1982), Olson and James (1991), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1769 | Branta Scopoli |
| 1891 | Branta Shufeldt p. 819 |
| 1902 | Branta Hay p. 530 |
| 1924 | Branta Wetmore p. 3 |
| 1930 | Branta Hay p. 301 |
| 1933 | Branta Lambrecht p. 370 |
| 1940 | Branta Wetmore p. 20 |
| 1956 | Branta Wetmore p. 25 |
| 1964 | Branta Brodkorb p. 213 |
| 1972 | Branta Howard p. 9 |
| 1982 | Branta Olson and James p. 33 |
| 1988 | Branta Livezey and Martin p. 208 |
| 1990 | Branta Bickart p. 28 |
| 1991 | Branta Olson and James p. 42 |
| 1992 | Branta Emslie p. 255 |
| 1992 | Branta Guthrie p. 321 |
| 1992 | Branta Parmalee p. 309 |
| 2001 | Branta Olson and Rasmussen p. 283 |
| 2009 | Branta Gonzalez et al. |
| 2017 | Branta Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Branta Scopoli 1769
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Branta bernicla Linnaeus 1758 [brant]
Branta bernicla nigricans Lawrence 1846 [brant]
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 [Canada goose]
†Branta dickeyi Miller 1924
†Branta esmeralda Burt 1929
†Branta howardae Miller 1930
Branta hutchinsii Richardson 1832 [cackling goose]
†Branta hylobadistes Olson and James 1991
†Branta hypsibata Cope 1878
Branta leucopsis Bechstein 1803 [barnacle goose]
†Branta minuscula Wetmore 1924
†Branta propinqua Shufeldt 1891
Branta ruficollis Pallas 1769 [red-breasted goose]
Branta sandvicensis Vigors 1833 [nene]
†Branta woolfendeni Bickart 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available