greater white-fronted goose
anser albifrons latin

Canada, snow, and greater white-fronted geese are present, though less common.

The bog is also occasionally used for feeding by Greater White-fronted Geese.

The Greater White-fronted Goose is divided into four subspecies.

In winter huge flocks of greylag geese and greater white-fronted geese shelter here.

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) is the second largest breeder here.

The Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose.

In spring and fall, the lake is an important staging area for waterfowl, including snow geese, Canada geese and greater white-fronted geese.

Recently, Tule geese, a subspecies of the greater white-fronted goose, have been discovered to nest and stage on Susitna Flats.

Rare hybrids with the Greater White-fronted Goose, Canada Goose, and Cackling Goose have been observed.

The area is a seasonal home to many unique bird species, such as Tundra Swans, Greater White-Fronted Geese and many birds of prey.

Great importance as a rest and breeding area for migratory birds, mainly various species of goose (Greylag, Bean and Greater White-fronted Geese)

The Greater White-fronted Goose is more closely related to the smaller Lesser White-fronted Goose (A. erythropus).

Common Cranes may loosely associate with any other crane in the Grus genus in migration or winter as well as greater white-fronted geese and bean geese.

It is also an important over wintering site for wildfowl including large numbers of Eurasian Wigeon, Common Teal and a flock of Greater White-fronted Geese.

The Greylag Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Bean Goose and Tufted Duck are also at home here.

In winter up to 120,000 wild geese forage here (especially the Greater White-fronted Goose, Barnacle Goose and Greylag Goose).

In 1996 the sound of the Izunuma-Uchinuma Greater White-fronted Goose was selected as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan by the Ministry of the Environment.

Two geese species are important as waterfowl game in Romania: The Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) and the Greylag goose (A. anser).

Species using the site include Swan Geese, Greater White-fronted Geese, Mute Swans, Whooper Swans and Red-crowned Cranes.

The Central Flyway bird species include trumpeter swans, tundra swans, over one million Canadian geese, Greater White-fronted Geese, Sandhill Cranes, Canvasback ducks and others.

These include Trumpeter swans, Tundra swans, Snow geese, Greater white-fronted geese, Long-billed dowitchers, Baird's sandpipers, Red-necked phalaropes, and Dunlins.

The Greater White-fronted Goose, Red-breasted Goose and Mallard spend the winter there, and there are large populations of the Pygmy Cormorant and Great White Pelican.

Birds for which the site is significant include Swan Geese, Bean Geese, Greater White-fronted Geese, Scaly-sided Mergansers, White-naped Cranes, Red-crowned Cranes and Dunlins.

Compared to other Key Habitat Sites in Northern Canada, particularly high densities of Arctic Tern, Greater White-fronted Goose, Loon, Northern Pintail, and Sandhill Crane frequent the area.

In Europe it has been known as simply "White-fronted Goose"; in North America it is known as the Greater White-fronted Goose (or "Greater Whitefront"), and this name is also increasingly adopted internationally.

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) is the second largest breeder here.

The Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose.

WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Anser albifrons.

Two geese species are important as waterfowl game in Romania: The Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) and the Greylag goose (A. anser).

"Grauwe Gans Anser anser en Kolgans Anser albifrons in de bedreigde Scheldepolders bij Doel: aantallen en interpecifieke relaties."

In Underworld Books a diacritic goose-sign (most probably denoting then an Anser albifrons) was sometimes depicted on top of the head of a standing anonymous male anthropomorphic deity, pointing to Geb's identity.

This theory is assumed to be incorrect and to be a result of confusing the divine name "Geb" with that of a Whitefronted Goose (Anser albifrons), also called originally gb(b): 'lame one, stumbler'.

The upper wing-coverts are dark brown, as in the White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) and the Lesser White-fronted Goose (A. erythropus), but differing from these in having narrow white fringes to the feathers.