Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (52)
- Subspecies (5)
Craig R. Ely, A. X. Dzubin, Steven G. Mlodinow, Guy M. Kirwan, Carles Carboneras, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.1 — Published June 7, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Blesgans |
| Albanian | Pata ballëbardhë |
| Arabic | اوزة غراء كبيرة |
| Armenian | Սպիտակաճակատ սագ |
| Asturian | Gansu caretu grande |
| Azerbaijani | Ağalın qaz |
| Basque | Antzara muturzuria |
| Bulgarian | Голяма белочела гъска |
| Catalan | oca riallera grossa |
| Chinese | 白額雁 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白額雁 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白额雁 |
| Croatian | lisasta guska |
| Czech | husa běločelá |
| Danish | Blisgås |
| Dutch | Kolgans |
| English | Greater White-fronted Goose |
| English (United States) | Greater White-fronted Goose |
| Faroese | Korngás |
| Finnish | tundrahanhi |
| French | Oie rieuse |
| French (France) | Oie rieuse |
| Galician | Ganso de testa branca |
| German | Blässgans |
| Greek | Ασπρομέτωπη Χήνα |
| Hebrew | אווז לבן-מצח |
| Hungarian | Nagy lilik |
| Icelandic | Blesgæs |
| Italian | Oca lombardella |
| Japanese | マガン |
| Korean | 쇠기러기 |
| Latvian | Baltpieres zoss |
| Lithuanian | Baltakaktė žąsis |
| Mongolian | Манхин галуу |
| Norwegian | tundragås |
| Persian | غاز پیشانی سفید بزرگ |
| Polish | gęś białoczelna |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Ganso-de-testa-branca |
| Romanian | Gârliță mare |
| Russian | Белолобый гусь |
| Serbian | Lisasta guska |
| Slovak | hus bieločelá |
| Slovenian | Beločela gos |
| Spanish | Ánsar Careto |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Ganso Careto Mayor |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Guanana |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ganso Careto Mayor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ánsar careto |
| Swedish | bläsgås |
| Thai | ห่านหน้าผากขาวใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Sakarca |
| Ukrainian | Гуска білолоба |
Revision Notes
Steven G. Mlodinow updated the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Appearance page. Guy M. Kirwan revised the Systematics page. Peter Pyle and Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Huy C. Truong updated the distribution map.
Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)
PROTONYM:
Branta albifrons
Scopoli, 1769. Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani, p.69.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Northern Italy?.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ANSER
- anser
- albifrons
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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