Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons - Blässgans

            These Birds are visitors to the wetlands at Hohenrode, Landkreis Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). It is named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill, in fact albifrons comes from the Latin albus "white" and frons "forehead".[2] In Europe it has been known as the white-fronted goose; in North America it is known as the greater white-fronted goose (or "greater whitefront"), and this name is also increasingly adopted internationally.[1] Even more distinctive are the salt-and-pepper markings on the breast of adult birds, which is why the goose is colloquially called the "specklebelly" in North America.

Taken in: Germany / Lower Saxony / Landkreis Schaumburg / Hohenrode (show map)

Taken on: November 15, 2022

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Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser-albifrons

Hohenrode

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Landkreis Schaumburg

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