Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Anser

Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Branta

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anser*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Branta albifrons*	Scopoli, 1769	objective synonym

Children

Anser albifrons albifrons Scopoli, 1769
Anser albifrons flavirostris Dalgety & Scott, 1948

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: belbacuke; belbeja; pata ballbardhë; pata belbe; pata memece sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): tundragås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Голяма белочела гъска sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: blisgås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kolgans

English: greater white-fronted goose; white-fronted goose sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Greater White-fronted Goose; White-fronted Goose sources: Charles Hussey

French: oie rieuse

Gaelic: gé bhánéadanach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Gé bhánéadanach

German: Blässgans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ασπρομέτωπη χήνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Gé bhánéadanach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): אווז לבן-מצח sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: oca lombardella sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: baltakaktė žąsis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: tundragås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: tundragås sources: Annus I Hist.-Nat. p. 69

Norwegian Nynorsk: tundragås sources: Annus I Hist.-Nat. p. 69

Nynorsk (Norwegian): tundragås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: gęś białoczelna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: gârliţa mare; gârliţă mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: белолобая казарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: gé bhánéadanach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: beločela gos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: ánsar careto sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: bläsgås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: sakarca sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Гуска білолоба sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwydd dalcen-wen

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1026 publications)
GenBank (108 nucleotides; 115 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159159

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96477