Named for Branta bernicla, or Brant goose. {It belongs to the family of Anatidae. In 1994 only 1,000 pairs were counted. It is also on the ‘List of Vulnerable Birds in Europe’ and on the Dutch Blue List of endangered birds.} (M 33791; M 34089) _ _.
Discovered on 26-3-1971 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.