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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A group at a lake's edge Locality Wigeon House, Dunkirk, Nottinghamshire, England, Great Britain (ssp elgasi)
Josep del Hoyo 29 October 2005 7 years ago 40 sec 2.9 -
frontal vieuw Locality Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (ssp albifrons)
Wout van den Brink 18 October 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 2.8 -
A bird, together with a Grey-legged Goose foraging around. Locality Zwolle, Overijssel Province, Netherlands (ssp albifrons)
Yoel Jimenez 15 September 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 2.8 -
A large flock Locality Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary (ssp albifrons)
Eric Roualet 23 October 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 2.5 -
Different views of birds on the ground and taking off. Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp albifrons)
Laurent Demongin 22 June 2008 4 years ago 48 sec 2.3 -
Two birds walking and preening Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (ssp flavirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2005 7 years ago 38 sec 2.3
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A bird on the ground.
Locality Slimbridge Wildlife & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 17 August 1982 1 year ago 2.5 -
Two flying and calling.
Locality Junam Reservoir, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, South Korea
Rainer Mönke 2 February 2009 4 years ago 2.5 -
Distant view of a single bird with a flock of Canada Geese.
Locality Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA (United States)
Miriam Bauman 10 October 2011 1 year ago 1.8
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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
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