plural brant or brants
: a small goose (Branta bernicla) about the size of a mallard having a black head, neck, and chest
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Adjacent waters are wintering habitat for brant, scoters, American black duck and other waterfowl.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2025
Read full article Berkshire County: An out-of-season brant at Lake Pontoosuc in Pittsfield, three sandhill cranes in New Marlborough, and five red crossbills at Mount Greylock.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022
Izembek Lagoon holds one of the world’s largest beds of eelgrass, a rich food source for Pacific brant geese, endangered Steller’s eider sea ducks and other migratory birds.
—Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2022
The survey extends into the waters off San Diego’s coastline where teams spotted an abundance of surf scoter sea ducks and black brant geese, as is often case.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2025
Read full article Berkshire County: An out-of-season brant at Lake Pontoosuc in Pittsfield, three sandhill cranes in New Marlborough, and five red crossbills at Mount Greylock.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022
Izembek Lagoon holds one of the world’s largest beds of eelgrass, a rich food source for Pacific brant geese, endangered Steller’s eider sea ducks and other migratory birds.
—Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2022
The survey extends into the waters off San Diego’s coastline where teams spotted an abundance of surf scoter sea ducks and black brant geese, as is often case.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021
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“Brant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brant. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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