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Photo by Andy Bright
- Anser albifrons
Identification
The Greenland subspecies (Greenland White-fronted Goose, flavirostris) is distinctive in that the bill is yellow-orange, where albifrons for example has a flesh-colored bill.
Distribution
Has an almost circumpolar breeding distribution, from northern Russia through Siberia, Alaska, and Canada to Greenland. In winter it migrates south but in some cases at the same time strongly east or west of due south; for example the Greenland subspecies winters mainly in Ireland. Other populations come south to western and southern Europe, India, China, and Mexico.
Taxonomy
Five subspecies are recognized: albifrons, frontalis, flavirostris, gambelli, and elgasi.
Habitat
Behaviour
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Anser albifrons (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
