Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
Taxobox
name = Lesser White-fronted Goose
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Anseriformes
familia = Anatidae
genus = "Anser"
species = "A. erythropus"
binomial = "Anser erythropus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
The Lesser White-fronted Goose ("Anser erythropus") is a goose closely related to the larger White-fronted Goose ("A. albifrons").
It breeds in northernmost Asia, but it is a scarce breeder in Europe. There is a re-introduction scheme in Fennoscandia.
The Lesser White-fronted Goose winters further south in Europe and is a very rare winter visitor to Great Britain. The only regular site they visit is WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, England, where they inspired Sir Peter Scott to set up The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.
The two white-fronted goose species differ little other than in size (the Lesser, at 53–66 cm length and with a 120–135 cm wingspan, is not much bigger than a Mallard ("Anas platyrhynchos") but both may be readily distinguished from the Greylag Goose by their bright orange legs and their mouse-coloured upper wing-coverts. The Greylag Goose has the bill and legs flesh-coloured, and the upper wing-coverts of a bluish-grey.
Both white-front species have a very conspicuous white face and broad black bars which cross the belly.
Adult Lesser White-fronted Geese, as well as being smaller than White-fronted Geese, have an obvious yellow eye-ring, and the white facial blaze goes up to the crown.
Lesser White-fronted Goose is considered an endangered species, but there are programmes to reintroduce animals into the wild to strengthen the population. Additionally it is one of the species to which the "Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds" (AEWA) applies.
References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
External links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=377&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]
* [http://cyberbirding.uib.no/photo/a_erythropus_01.php Cyberbirding - Lesser White-fronted Goose]
* [http://audubon-print.com/white-goose.html White Goose by John Audubon]
* [http://www.piskulka.net/ Portal to the Lesser White-fronted Goose by the Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose project]
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