Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (51)
- Subspecies (5)
Craig R. Ely, A. X. Dzubin, Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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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 (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 |
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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Distribution of the Greater White-fronted Goose
