Black Brant Head
“Bernicla nigricans. Black Brant. Bill, feet, and claws black; iris brown. Head and neck all around, and a little of fore part of body, glossy-black, well defined against the color of the breast; on each side of the neck a small patch of white streaks; frequently also white touches on eyelids and chin. Breast ashy-gray, abruptly from the black, fading on the belly and crissum into white, shaded along the sides of the body; upper parts brownish-gray, the feathers of the dorsal region with paler gray tips; rump darker; upper tail-coverts white. Tail-feathers, wing-quills, and primary-coverts blackish, the inner quills whitish toward base.” Elliot Coues, 1884
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migratory birds, birds, waterfowl, ornithology, North American birds, aquatic feeders, Bernicla nigricans, Black BrantGalleries
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Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)
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