How does the grey-bellied brant compare to the illustrations in Sibley? He shows
three varieties, none called grey-bellied.

Brent
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Brent Beach
Victoria, BC, CA
mailto:ub359 at victoria.tc.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "WAYNE WEBER" <contopus at home.com>
To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; "RACHEL LAWSON"
<rachellawson at uswest.net>
Sent: March 4, 2001 11:07 AM
Subject: Fw: Gray-bellied Brant


> Rachel and Tweeters,
>
> I am forwarding a message from Dr. Fred Cooke of Simon Fraser
> University, B.C., about "Gray-bellied" Brant, which was sent to
> TWEETERS a little over a year ago (Feb. 21, 2000). According to Dr.
> Cooke, who has done research on Brant and other geese for many years,
> the Gray-bellied form is currently listed as one of 4 populations of
> the Atlantic Brant (Branta bernicla hrota). Dr. Cooke feels. however,
> that the Gray-bellied form should be recognized as a distinct
> subspecies, or perhaps even as a separate species. Watch for further
> developments!