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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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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 Bislicher Insel, Xanten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (ssp albifrons)
Christian Wiesmann 13 February 2011 2 years ago 1 min 33 sec 4.3 -
Birds of the "Greenland Race" flavirostris. Accompanied by a few Pink-Footed Geese. About 180 Whitefronts in total. Note the ora Locality Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scotland, Great Britain (ssp flavirostris)
Ron Jackson 22 November 2011 45 weeks ago 1 min 31 sec 4.3 -
An individual walking alert while emiting alarm calls repeatedly. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 44 weeks ago 26 sec 4.2 -
Several birds foraging, one of them neck-ringed Locality Lemmer, Netherlands (ssp albifrons)
Peter van Dam 16 November 2007 5 years ago 41 sec 4.2 -
A group of birds resting. Locality Gelderland Province, Netherlands (ssp albifrons)
Yoel Jimenez 8 March 2013 2 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 29 sec 4 -
Two birds on the tundra, walking and looking around alert. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 44 weeks ago 27 sec 4
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in flight
Locality The Btecha (Jordan River Delta), Jordan Valley, Israel (ssp albifrons)
Lior Kislev 17 November 2007 1 year ago 4.4 -
Adult bird on lakeshore
Locality Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Klaus Lachenmaier 10 February 2013 11 weeks ago 4.3 -
2 in flight
Locality Netherlands (ssp albifrons)
Franck Renard 27 December 2008 4 years ago 4.3 -
Adult and juvenile, resting
Locality Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp albifrons)
Thorsten Stegmann 25 October 2009 3 years ago 4.1 -
A bird in flight.
Locality Al Mughsayl, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp albifrons)
Fran Trabalon 8 January 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
2nd year bird, spending summer in the area, from the beginning of June. Photographed in the park.
Locality Järvenpää, Southern Finland Province, Finland
Juha Honkala 26 August 2012 11 weeks ago 4
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Alarm calls by one bird. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 44 weeks ago 4 -
A group of birds calling in flight. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 44 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by several birds. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 44 weeks ago 3.5 -
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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 2 years 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 2 years ago 3 -
Call of one individual Locality Regent's Park, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 13 February 2010 3 years ago 3
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