Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Anser

Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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.

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)

French: oie rieuse

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

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

Japanese: マガン sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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 Gaelic: 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	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (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	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).