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Greater white-fronted goose
Anser albifrons · Family Anatidae
Anser albifrons
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,739,093
- Countries and territories with records
- 102
About this species
This species has 1,739,093 occurrence records from 102 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (44.2%), Sweden (14%), the Netherlands (13.7%), Denmark (7%) and Canada (4%); together they account for 82.8% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.069% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anser albifrons combines the genus name Anser with the species epithet albifrons. The Warbla app catalog lists 11 species of the genus Anser; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anser anser, Anser caerulescens and Anser brachyrhynchus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 28th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 1.4 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.