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title: "Gęś białoczelna"
description: "Anser albifrons — Ptaki. The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose, closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/greater-white-fronted-goose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gęś białoczelna

> Anser albifrons — Ptaki. The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose, closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A.

- Scientific name: *Anser albifrons*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki), `arctic` (Arktyka)
- iNaturalist observations: 38987
- Wikidata: [Q172093](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172093)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7019](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7019)

## Names

- en: Greater White-fronted Goose
- de: Blässgans
- es: Ánsar careto
- fr: Oie rieuse
- nl: Kolgans
- pt: Ganso-grande-de-testa-branca
- pl: Gęś białoczelna

## Countries with the most observations

US (16566), RU (7871), CA (2789), DE (2162), NL (942), KR (599), GB (536), FI (341), MX (284), IT (283), UA (283), DK (274)

## Summary

The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose, closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). The greater white-fronted goose is migratory, breeding in northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and Russia, and winters farther south in North America, Europe, and Asia. It is named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill;  its specific name albifrons comes from the Latin albus "white" and frons "forehead".  In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it has been known as the white-fronted goose; in North America, it is known as the greater white-fronted goose…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_white-fronted_goose

## Photo

![Gęś białoczelna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-white-fronted-goose/medium.jpg)

Photo: ÖkopatóPál · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/359830794

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-white-fronted-goose?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).