Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) - HBW 1, p. 581
French: Oie rieuse
German: Bläßgans
Spanish: Ansar Careto
Other common names: Whitefront; European White fronted Goose (albifrons); Pacific White fronted Goose (frontalis); Gambel White fronted Goose (gambeli); Tule White fronted/Tule Goose (elgasi); Greenland White fronted Goose (flavirostris)
Taxonomy: Branta albifrons Scopoli, 1769, no locality = ? northern Italy.
Forms superspecies with A. erythropus. Validity of race elgasi has been questioned. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) - N Russia and Siberia from Kanin Peninsula to R Kolyma.
- frontalis Baird, 1858 - E Siberia from R Kolyma eastwards to Arctic Canada.
- gambeli Hartlaub, 1852 - taiga of NW Canada.
- albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) - N Russia and Siberia from Kanin Peninsula to R Kolyma.
- frontalis Baird, 1858 - E Siberia from R Kolyma eastwards to Arctic Canada.
- gambeli Hartlaub, 1852 - taiga of NW Canada.
- elgasi Delacour & Ripley, 1975 - SW Alaska.
- flavirostris Dalgety & Scott, 1948 - W Greenland.
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Hundreds of geese while foraging in a meadow . On this day, a thousand geese were in the area. Bislicher Insel. Locality North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (ssp albifrons)
Christian Wiesmann 13 February 2011 50 weeks ago 1 min 33 sec 4.4 -
Several birds foraging, one of them neck-ringed Locality Lemmer, Netherlands (ssp albifrons)
Peter van Dam 16 November 2007 3 years ago 41 sec 4.2 -
A close up of some birds. Locality Utrecht Province, Netherlands (ssp albifrons)
Javier Ortas 9 February 2010 1 year ago 34 sec 4 -
Some birds in a field. Locality Utrecht Province, Netherlands (ssp albifrons)
Javier Ortas 7 February 2010 1 year ago 31 sec 4 -
Juvenile and adult birds (to compare). Juvenile (on the left) lacks black ventral markings and white facial patch. Locality Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A view of a big group of birds on the ground from the car and several birds taking off. Then the group standing on the grassland Locality Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2010 1 year ago 32 sec 3.8
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in flight
Locality The Btecha (Jordan River Delta), Jordan Valley, Israel (ssp albifrons)
Lior Kislev 17 November 2007 12 weeks ago 4.4 -
2 in flight
Locality Netherlands (ssp albifrons)
Franck Renard 27 December 2008 3 years ago 4.2 -
A bird in flight.
Locality Al Mughsayl, Dhofar, Oman (ssp albifrons)
Fran Trabalon 8 January 2011 16 weeks ago 3.9 -
A bird percolating the water
Locality Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp albifrons)
Susanne Rintelen 13 February 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Adult and juvenile, resting
Locality Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp albifrons)
Thorsten Stegmann 25 October 2009 2 years ago 3.8 -
A goose at the shore of a lake
Locality Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp albifrons)
Susanne Rintelen 13 February 2010 1 year ago 3.8
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A small group taking off and flying away. Locality Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
(ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
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An individual calling on flight while landing among a big group. Locality Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
(ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Call of one individual Locality Regent's Park, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 13 February 2010 1 year ago 3 -
2 calls of an individual Locality Regent's Park, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 7 February 2010 2 years ago 3 -
Birds calling while taking off Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp albifrons)
Laurent Demongin 20 June 2008 2 years ago 3
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