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.

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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

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Alarm calls by one bird. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4
A group of birds calling in flight. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4
Calls by several birds. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp frontalis)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 3.5
Click to play 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
Click to play 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
2 calls of an individual Locality Regent's Park, London, England, Great Britain
Stuart Fisher 7 February 2010 3 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 3 years ago 3