Dutch Birding volume 24 (2002) no 4

Mixed pair of Dark-bellied Brent Goose and Black Brant with two hybrid young on Terschelling in April-May 2000

In April 2000, a mixed pair of Black Brant Branta nigricans and Dark-bellied Brent Goose B bernicla with two hybrid young was observed on Terschelling, Friesland, the Netherlands. This is the second record of a mixed pair with young in the Netherlands; in the winter of 1991/92, a mixed pair with two young was present and photographed in Zuid-Holland and Zeeland. The only Dutch record of a pure pair of Black Brants with (two) young was in February-March 1998 on Texel, Noord-Holland. In England, at least two mixed pairs of Black Brant and Dark-bellied Brent Goose have been observed with four and six young, respectively. In March 2002, a pure pair of Black Brants with one young was reported in England.

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Enno Ebels, Joseph Haydnlaan 4, 3533 AE Utrecht, Nederland
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