Introductory
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Anser albifrons | Greater White-Fronted Goose 



ABBREVIATION : 
ANAL

COMMON NAMES : 
   greater white-fronted goose
   speckled brant
   gray brant
   specklebelly
   gray wavey
   whitefront
   laughing goose
   speck
   timber goose


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the greater white-fronted
goose is Anser albifons Scopoli [1,2,20,14].  The American Ornithologist's
Union recognizes the following four subspecies [1]:

Anser albifrons ssp. albifrons Scopoli (Eurasian white-fronted goose)
Anser albifrons ssp. flavirostris Dalgety & Scott (Greenland white-
                                                   fronted goose)
Anser albifrons ssp. frontalis Baird (Pacific white-fronted goose)
Anser albifrons ssp. gambeli Hartlaub (tule white-fronted goose)

Delacour and Ripley have proposed a fifth subspecies, Anser albifrons
ssp. elgasi, for the tule white-fronted goose that winters in
California; however, this has not been widely accepted [16].

The following species hybridize with the greater white-fronted goose:
graylag goose (A. anser), snow goose (Chen caerulescens), emperor goose
(C. canagica), lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus), bean goose
(A. fabalis), bar-headed goose (A. indicus), brant (Branta bernicla),
barnacle goose (B. leucopsis), and Canada goose (B. canadensis) [20].


ORDER : 
Anseriformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, June 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1993. Anser albifrons. In: Remainder of Citation

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