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Anser albifrons (Greater White-fronted Goose)

Synonyms: Branta albifrons (homotypic)
Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose. The greater white-fronted goose is closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). In Europe it has been known as simply "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. It is named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill. But 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. Anser is the Latin for "goose", and albifrons comes from the Latin albus "white " and frons " forehead ".
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Infraspecies

Anser albifrons albifrons (White-fronted goose)
Anser albifrons elgasi
Anser albifrons flavirostris (Greenland white-fronted goose)
Anser albifrons frontalis (Pacific white-fronted goose) (Attributes)
Anser albifrons gambeli (Greater White-fronted Goose) (Attributes)
Anser albifrons sponsa

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
9
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.88354
EDGE Score: 1.35675
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.279 lbs (2.848 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  90 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Arctic tundra
Wintering Geography [2]  Widespread U.S./Mexico
Wintering Habitat [2]  Wetlands, Agricultural
Diet [4]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [4]  10 %
Diet - Plants [4]  90 %
Forages - Ground [4]  80 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  20 %
Clutch Size [6]  6
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [5]  42 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  2,100,000
Incubation [3]  27 days
Mating System [8]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  47 years
Migration [7]  Intercontinental
Snout to Vent Length [5]  30 inches (76 cm)
Speed [9]  36.015 MPH (16.1 m/s)
Wing Span [9]  4.625 feet (1.41 m)
Female Maturity [3]  3 years
Male Maturity [3]  3 years

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Ecosystems

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Prey / Diet

Predators

Ursus maritimus (Polar Bear)[10]

Consumers

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External References

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Citations

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♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 8Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 9Alerstam T, Rosén M, Bäckman J, Ericson PGP, Hellgren O (2007) Flight Speeds among Bird Species: Allometric and Phylogenetic Effects. PLoS Biol 5(8): e197. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050197
♦ 10Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0