Greater White-fronted Goose

Taxonomy

Order

Anseriformes

Family

Anatidae

Genus

Anser

eBird Code

gwfgoo

Subspecies (5)

• Anser albifrons albifrons

  breeds in northern Russia, eastward to northeastern Siberia; winters in Europe eastward to southern Asia southward to northern India, southern China, and Japan

• Anser albifrons elgasi

  breeds in southern Alaska (Cook Inlet area); winters in northern California (Sacramento Valley and the head of Suisun Bay)

• Anser albifrons flavirostris

  breeds in western Greenland; winters in Ireland, western Scotland, and western Wales

• Anser albifrons gambelli

  breeds from interior and northern Alaska eastwards across arctic Canada to the Hudson Bay region; winters in the south-central USA and in northeastern Mexico

• Anser albifrons sponsa

  breeds in western Alaska; winters in California and western Mexico