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	The White-Fronted Goose
		The egg of this Goose measures two inches and three-quarters in length, by one and three-quarters in breadth.
		In Kentucky they generally arrive before the Canada Goose, betaking themselves to the grassy ponds; and of the different species which visit that country they are by far the least shy.
		Head and neck rich greyish-brown, the upper part of the former darker; a white band, margined behind with blackish-brown on the anterior part of the forehead along the bill.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F39_G2e.html (1029 words)

	White-fronted Goose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Both white-fronted species have a very conspicuous white face and broad black bars which cross the belly, though the last two characters are occasionally observable to some extent in the Greylag Goose, which, however, has the bill and legs flesh-coloured, and pale bluish-grey upper wing-coverts.
		The White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) is a goose closely related to the smaller Lesser White-fronted Goose (A.
		As well as being larger than the Lesser White-fronted Goose, the Greater Whitefront lacks the yellow eye-ring of that species, and the white facial blaze does not extend upwards so far as in Lesser.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/White-fronted_Goose (373 words)

	Kanuti NWR - Arctic Animal Adaptation
		Description: The Greater White-fronted Goose is a common medium-sized goose (length ~20 in.; wingspan ~60 inches).
		Adults are identified by their gray-brown plumage, distinctive white patch at the base of an orange or pink bill, orange legs and feet, white-tipped black tail, and irregular black bars or spots on the belly (hence the nickname, “specklebelly”).
		The clutch is usually composed of 4-7 creamy white eggs.
	www.r7.fws.gov /nwr/kanuti/greaterwhite.htm (391 words)

	Peatlands Wildlife Birds Greenland White-fronted Goose
		The white-fronted goose was once known as the "bog goose" because it was found feeding on white-beak sedge on upland blanket and lowland raised bogs.
		The Greenland white-fronted goose is listed in Annex I, and II of the Birds Directive, Appendix III of the Bern Convention and Appendix II of the Bonn Convention
		This is probably the most easily recognised of the grey geese with its white forehead "blaze", dark bands on the belly and white under the tail.
	www.peatlandsni.gov.uk /wildlife/birds/g_wf_goose.htm (301 words)

	Phylogeography and conservation genetics of the lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
		The connections of the known lesser white-fronted goose breeding areas to the wintering areas in Greece and China and to a staging area in Kazakhstan are indicated by arrows.
		Analyses of mitochondrial control region sequences were used to infer phylogeny of Anser species, phylogeography of the lesser white-fronted goose, and genetic background of a captive stock.
		The effect of some life-history characteristics to the genetic structuring of the goose populations in maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA and W chromosome, and in biparentally inherited nuclear autosomal genes.
	herkules.oulu.fi /isbn9514259483/html (719 words)

	Birds: The American White-fronted Goose
		The White-fronted Goose is greatly esteemed for the excellent quality of its flesh, which, by those who have learned to appreciate it, is generally considered superior to that of any other species.
		Should their suspicion be aroused, they rise upward slowly in a dense cloud of white, and sound their alarm notes, but they may not go over fifty yards before they alight again, so that the amusement of watching them may be continued without much toil or inconvenience.
		While the cruel pursuit of the bird, merely for purpose of sport ought not to be continued, appreciation of its value as food may well be encouraged.
	www.birdnature.com /nov1897/goose.html (392 words)

	White-fronted Goose - Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
		A white band around the face at the base of the beak indicates how the name was derived.
		These geese are grayish brown birds with black and white blotches on breast and abdomen.
		The beak is pink with yellow edges, and yellow-orange legs are a good identification mark.
	www3.gov.ab.ca /srd/fw/hunting/wfg.html (160 words)

	Sveriges Ornitologiska förening:The Lesser White-fronted Goose
		Due to the steady and alarming decrease in the Fennoscandian breeding population of Lesser White-fronted Goose, actions were needed to locate the staging and the wintering grounds.
		In 1993 NOF (in co-operation with WWF-Finland and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research) started the planning of a project of locating the staging grounds along the migration routes and wintering grounds for the Fennoscandian population by employing the new technology of satellite transmitters.
		The first years were spent on mapping breeding and staging areas as well as studies on the reasons for the population decline in Norway.
	www.sofnet.org /index.asp?lev=263&typ=1 (991 words)

	Anser erythropus
		The Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) is an exclusively eurasian breeding species, originally breeding in the southern part of the tundra as well as the northern forest tundra between Fennoscandia and the Bering Strait.
		The Lesser White-fronted Goose is included in Apendix 1 of the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement AEWA under the Bonn Convention, in Apendix II of the Bern Convention and in Apendix I of the EU-Birdsdirective
		Since the first population estimates of the 1950’s, a drastic decrease in numbers was recorded from about 100,000 individuals in the 1950’s to less than 25,000 birds in the 1990’s.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /lebalkan/eng/anser_erythropuseng.htm (189 words)

	BirdWeb - Bird Details
		The Greater White-fronted Goose is mottled brownish-gray overall with a black tail, white rump, white band at the tip of the tail, and bright orange legs.
		A long-distance migrant, the Greater White-fronted Goose relies on established migratory routes and stopover points on its way to wintering grounds in California and southern Oregon.
		The Tule Goose, a large, dark subspecies that nests in southern Alaska and winters in central California, makes up about 1% of the total population, but its status in the Pacific Northwest is poorly known.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=57 (470 words)

	White-fronted goose - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		The white-fronted goose is a grey goose, bigger than a mallard and smaller than a mute swan.
		White-fronted goose - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Adults have a large white patch at the front of the head around the beak and bold black bars on the belly.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/w/whitefrontedgoose/index.asp (240 words)

	Endangered species: Lesser white-fronted goose
		Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) is a small goose 53-65 cm long, with dark grey-brown plumage, and dark bars on belly.
		During the 20th century the populations of Lesser White-fronted Goose were dramatically reduced at breeding sites, wintering areas and along migration zones.
		Lesser White-fronted Geese breed in a narrow zone extending from Scandinavia to the Anadyr Peninsula of NE Siberia in the Bering.
	www.ornithologiki.gr /en/oiwnos/i2/ennanox.htm (626 words)

	Confusing Domestic Geese
		It closely resembles the "Greater White-fronted X Canada Goose hybrid" pictured in the Sibley Guide to Birds, but is probably far more frequently encountered than that presumably rare hybrid.
		Its Canada Goose heritage is very apparent from the dark neck, facial pattern, and overall body pattern, but the white behind the bill and the long red bill itself point to a domestic goose parent.
		Notice the white "front" behind the bill, but the bill is very swollen at the base.
	birds.cornell.edu /crows/domgeese.htm (841 words)

	All About Birds
		The Tule goose is a large, dark subspecies of the Greater White-fronted Goose.
		It is known as the Lesser White-fronted Goose and is the reason our goose is known as the "Greater." Dwarf species seem to have appeared repeatedly in geese.
		The Greater White-fronted Goose subspecies that breeds in Greenland usually winters in Ireland and Scotland.
	birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Greater_White-fronted_Goose_dtl.html (511 words)

	Birds - The White-fronted Goose
		The American White-fronted or Laughing Goose (A. albifrons gambeli) is almost exactly similar to the Old World form except in size, being uniformly larger.
		It may be known by the white on the forehead and at the base of the upper mandible, and by the orange-yellow bill, legs, and feet.
	www.oldandsold.com /birds/bd1-105.shtml (247 words)

	Conservation and research
		There was an upsurge in research and survey work carried out on the Greenland White-fronted Goose in the 1970s, prompted by the expressions of concern for the continuing decline of the population then, reinforced by the plight of certain flocks on their traditional wintering grounds in Ireland and Britain.
		The Greenland White-fronted Goose is one of five recognised subspecies of the circumpolar White-fronted Goose.
		The 1970s and 1980s have seen the Greenland White-fronted Goose pulled back from a course of substantial decline and we have made major strides forward in the protection of this population and its habitat throughout its range.
	greenlandwhitefront.homestead.com /Ch1.html (6680 words)

	The White-fronted Goose
		White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons L 60--73, W 130 160.
		Since white forehead blaze is absent during first autumn and nail of bill is dark, juvenile can at distance be confused with Bean Goose, but is told from latter by paler cheek with swarthy forehead and area around bill base together with slightly narrower white feather edges on upperparts.
		Juvenile distinguished from juvenile Lesser White-front mainly by lack of yellow eye-ring, slightly paler plumage and larger size.
	www.virtualhebrides.com /articles/birds/White-frontedGoose.htm (169 words)

	Geese: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
		These are the Ross' goose (Chen rossii), a small version of a snow goose, and the bean goose (Anser fabalis), an Asiatic relative of the white-fronted goose.
		The emperor goose population declined from an estimated 140,000 in 1964 to 42,000 in 1986.
		They were officially named for their white faces, acquired in their first winter, although they are commonly called “specklebellies” for the irregular black bars and spots on the breasts of adults.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/bird/geese.php (1265 words)

	PATOLANDIA HUNTING CLUB - WHITE FRONTED GOOSE
		This is our only goose with irregular black marking on light gray underparts, and the only one south of Alaska with orange or yellow legs.
		A common gray goose usually in large flocks on its main wintering grounds, but rare east of the Mississipi.
		The adult’s white face is a good close-up field mark.
	www.patolandia.com /whitefg.htm (96 words)

	Sabine's Gull, Greater White-fronted Goose
		A juvenile Greater White-fronted Goose was at the mouth of Rush Creek.
		An immature Sabine's Gull was seen on the Northwest Shore of the lake.
	www.monolake.org /birdcounts/birds2002/_disc/000000de.htm (25 words)

	Lesser white-fronted goose - Anser erythropus: More Information - ARKive
		During the breeding season the lesser white-fronted goose eats the green stems and blooms of grasses and sedges, but on migration stopovers and through the winter, it consumes wheat and oat seeds (6).
		As they hold responsibility for 95% of the lesser white-fronted goose population, it is crucial that Russia, China and Kazakhstan alter their hunting rules to benefit this species (5).
		The lesser white-fronted goose is classified as Vulnerable (VU A2bcd + 3bcd) on the IUCN Red List 2004 (1) and is listed on Appendix I of the Convention on Migratory Species (3).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Anser_erythropus/more_info.html (523 words)

	Endangered Species: Goose
		The Lesser White-fronted Goose is also protected under the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA).
		Distinguished from the average goose by the dramatic white blaze on its face surrounding the bill, this living arrangement offers the goose protection from land-bound predators such as the Arctic Fox.
		The goose is highly migratory, travelling from its nesting grounds in the tundra of Scandinavia and Siberia to warmer climates as far south as Greece.
	www.un.org /works/environment/animalplanet/goose.html (544 words)

	Metsähallitus - Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
		The Lesser White-fronted Goose (LWfG) was once a numerous breeding bird species in arctic and sub-arctic areas between Scandinavia and the Far East.
		In 1980´s the Nordic co-operation was established and in 1990´s new initiatives have been taken and a network established throughout the whole distribution area of the LWfG.
		During the last decades the numbers and distribution have been reduced strongly.
	www.metsa.fi /natural/projects/lwfg/lwfgpage1.htm (152 words)

	White-fronted/Specklebelly Goose - Discover The Outdoors
		The White-Fronted goose winters principally in the Central Valley of California, in the mid-continent and west coast of Mexico, and the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana.
		The goose is brownish gray with a white patch around the front of the brown head and neck.
		White-fronted geese feed on the seeds of rice, water grass, milo, barley, and the stems and blades of water grass and other plants.
	www.dto.com /hunting/species/generalprofile.jsp?speciesid=276 (343 words)

	Lesser White-fronted Goose
		Thus, the monitoring research of the main stop-over sites of the Lesser White &endash;fronted Goose in the period of autumn migration through Kustanai Oblast has shown that the migration period and the approximate number have been comparable to the similar figures as of the previous years.
		The standard methods used to quantify the migratory goose species including the records at studied platforms, the records of separate flocks during the daytime flights from lake to the feeding places, and selective records of flights or gatherings during the daytime rest on water or on the coastal areas.
		Characteristics of the smaller goose compared to the larger were: smaller, shorter neck and smaller head (10-15% smaller); few or no bars on belly; the small bird seemed darker.
	www.math.jyu.fi /~kahanpaa/Kotisivut/AnserErythropus/Obsdet/LWfGobs_details2004.html (2779 words)

	Lesser White-fronted Goose
		The Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser eythropus) is the smallest of the grey goose species.
		Characteristics are a white ring around the bill, which stretches over the forehead until above the eye and a yellow ring around the eyes as well as a small almost triangular pinkish bill.
		In the past decades an increasing number of Lesser Whitefronts was observed on the wintering grounds in Germany and the Netherlands.
	www.rettetdiezwerggans.de /en/lesserwhitefronts/lesserwhitefronts.html (268 words)

	WWT Threatened Species Department
		The Lesser White-fronted Goose was once numerous, breeding on the arctic tundra from Scandinavia to the Far East.
		Whilst feeding, they have a faster peck rate, and their high-pitched, squeaky calls has led Russians to refer to them as Squeakers or Peepers.
		Numbers and distribution have declined markedly in recent years, with over-hunting posing the most serious threat to the species.
	www.wwt.org.uk /threatsp/pastwwt/lesserwfg.htm (192 words)

	Lesser white-fronted goose speedily becomes extinct - Pravda.Ru
		The goose has a pink beak and white forehead that is why hunters often take this species registered in The Red Book and prohibited for hunting for the white-fronted goose allowed for hunting.
		The smaller white-fronted goose is slightly bigger than a duck, but has long legs, a longer neck and a haughty grey head.
		But wintering in China is often problematic for the lesser white-fronted goose.
	english.pravda.ru /science/19/94/377/15558_goose.html (908 words)

	Greater White-fronted Goose - February 18, 2005
		This greater white-fronted goose was present around Neville Island with a flock of about 100 Canada geese from the day it was discovered (February 18 by Mark Vass) to at least the 20th, when the first two pictures below were taken.
		As far as I know, this is the first record for greater white-fronted goose since the late 1800s for Allegheny County and the first ever documented by photograph.
		Taken in conjunction with some of the other characteristics noted in The Sibley Guide to Birds, namely, the very narrow pale edges on the back feathers, the extent of the black barring on the belly, and the overall dark cast to the bird in general, make this almost certainly an individual of the Greenland population.
	home.earthlink.net /~pomarine/id45.html (241 words)

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