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  • Greater White-fronted Goose, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Erik Eckstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Greater White-fronted Goose, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Miguel A Mejias, PhD., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Greater White-fronted Goose, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Andrey Zhukov, all rights reserved

  • Greater White-fronted Goose, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Yinan Li, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Greater White-fronted Goose, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Denis Gorski, all rights reserved

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Анна Голубева, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

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The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). It is named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill, in fact albifrons comes from the Latin albus "white" and frons" forehead ". 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...

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