Species

Anser albifrons (Greater white-fronted goose)

Anser albifrons. Photo: (c) Skip Russell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

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…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Anseriformes (Waterfowl)
        Family: Anatidae (Ducks, geese, and swans)
        Genus: Anser (Grey geese)
        Species: Anser albifrons (Greater white-fronted goose)

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