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Pacific or Black Brant
(Branta bernicla nigricans)
Photo © Karen Bollinger, USFWS
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This small goose needs large areas of undisturbed tundra to nest. There are about 1,000 pairs that nest on the Arctic Coastal Plain, another 33,000 Pacific Brants spend the summer there. Oil spills that foul the plumage can kill these birds.
Spring migration:
Their primary winter range is Mexico, and most of them migrate along the coast of Alaska west and south, then launch across the Pacific, a 3,000 mile journey with no rest stops on the way. You might see these birds migrating or wintering along the West coast and Baja, Mexico.
Maximum migration: 7,000 miles
Altitude: 750 feet
Brant's Migration
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