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WoRMS taxon details

Branta Scopoli, 1769

AphiaID

159174 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159174)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

Original name

Anas leucopsis Bechstein, 1803

Direct children (4)

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Species Branta bernicla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Branta nigricans (Lawrence, 1846)
Species Branta ruficollis (Pallas, 1769)
Species Branta albifrons Scopoli, 1769 accepted as Anser albifrons albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Scopoli, G. A. (1769). Annus I historico-naturalis. Descriptiones Avium Musei Proprii Earumque Rariorum, Quas Vidit In Vivario Augustiss. Imperatoris, Et In Museo Excell. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31117690
page(s): 67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Branta Scopoli, 1769. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159174 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2021-03-22 09:31:11Z

changed

db_admin

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original description Scopoli, G. A. (1769). Annus I historico-naturalis. Descriptiones Avium Musei Proprii Earumque Rariorum, Quas Vidit In Vivario Augustiss. Imperatoris, Et In Museo Excell. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31117690
page(s): 67 [details]