Other Names (World)
Greater White-fronted Goose, Whitefront, European White fronted Goose, Pacific White fronted Goose, Gambel White fronted Goose, Tule White fronted Goose, Tule Goose, Greenland White fronted Goose, Laughing Goose, White-faced Goose
Albania (NB), Armenia (NB), Austria (NB) (P), Azerbaijan (NB), Belgium (NB), Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria (NB) (P), Canada (B) (P), China (mainland), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (NB), Cuba, Cyprus (NB), Czech Republic (NB) (P), Denmark (NB) (P), Egypt, Faroe Islands, Finland (P), France (NB) (P), Germany (NB) (P), Greece (NB), Greenland (B) (P), Hungary (NB) (P), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (NB) (P), Iraq (NB), Ireland (NB), Israel, Italy (NB), Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (NB), Latvia (NB) (P), Lebanon, Luxembourg (NB), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (NB), Mexico, Montenegro (NB), Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles (NB), North Korea (NB) (P), Norway, Pakistan, Poland (NB) (P), Romania (NB) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (P), Russia (European) (B) (NB) (P), Serbia (NB), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (NB) (P), Slovenia (NB), South Korea, Spain (NB), Sweden (NB) (P), Switzerland (NB), Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan (China), Turkey (NB), Turkmenistan, Ukraine (NB) (P), United Arab Emirates (NB), United Kingdom (NB), USA (B), Uzbekistan.
Vagrant to Afghanistan, Aruba, Jordan, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), Sudan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Yemen.
Population
Estimated population is 2,600,000 - 3,100,000 (2010).
albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) - Northern Russia and Siberia from Kanin Peninsula to R Kolyma.
frontalis Baird, 1858 - Eastern Siberia from R Kolyma eastwards to Arctic Canada.
gambelli Hartlaub, 1852 - Breeds from interior and northern Alaska east across arctic Canada to the Hudson Bay region. Winters in the south central United States and in north-eastern Mexico.
elgasi Delacour & Ripley, 1975 - South-western Alaska. Validity of this subspecies is questioned.
flavirostris Dalgety & Scott, P, 1948 - Western Greenland.
sponsa Banks, 2011 - Breeds in western Alaska. Winters in California and western Mexico.
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