Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (48)
- Monotypic
Ross Ahmed and Tomas Aarvak
Version: 2.0 — Published June 7, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Pata këmbëkuqe |
| Arabic | اوزة غراء صغيرة |
| Armenian | Ծվվան սագ |
| Asturian | Gansu caretu pequeñu |
| Azerbaijani | Ağqaş qaz |
| Basque | Antzara nanoa |
| Bulgarian | Малка белочела гъска |
| Catalan | oca riallera petita |
| Chinese | 小白額雁 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 小白額雁 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 小白额雁 |
| Croatian | mala guska |
| Czech | husa malá |
| Danish | Dværggås |
| Dutch | Dwerggans |
| English | Lesser White-fronted Goose |
| English (United States) | Lesser White-fronted Goose |
| Finnish | kiljuhanhi |
| French | Oie naine |
| French (France) | Oie naine |
| Galician | Ganso pequeno |
| German | Zwerggans |
| Greek | Νανόχηνα |
| Hebrew | אווז קטן |
| Hungarian | Kis lilik |
| Icelandic | Fjallgæs |
| Italian | Oca lombardella minore |
| Japanese | カリガネ |
| Korean | 흰이마기러기 |
| Latvian | Mazā zoss |
| Lithuanian | Mažoji žąsis |
| Mongolian | Одой галуу |
| Norwegian | dverggås |
| Persian | غاز پیشانی سفید کوچک |
| Polish | gęś mała |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Ganso-pequeno |
| Romanian | Gârliță mică |
| Russian | Пискулька |
| Serbian | Mala lisasta guska |
| Slovak | hus malá |
| Slovenian | Mala gos |
| Spanish | Ánsar Chico |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Ganso Chico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ánsar chico |
| Swedish | fjällgås |
| Thai | ห่านหน้าผากขาวเล็ก |
| Turkish | Küçük Sakarca |
| Ukrainian | Гуска мала |
Revision Notes
Ross Ahmed and Tomas Aarvak revised the account. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. JoAnn Hackos, Linda A. Hensley, Robin K. Murie, and Daphne R. Walmer copyedited the account.
Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas erythropus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.123.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Restricted type locality. North Sweden. Lonnberg, Ibis, 1913, p. 401-402.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ANSER
- anser
- erythropus
- Erythropus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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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Distribution of the Lesser White-fronted Goose
