Greater White-Fronted Goose
Lowest risk
Vagrant
The greater white-fronted goose is a species of goose related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose. It is named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill, in fact albifronscomes from the Latin albus "white" and frons" forehead ". In Europe it has been known as the "white-fronted goose"; in North America it is known as the greater white-fronted goose, and this name is also increasingly adopted internationally. 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.
- Range mass
- 1.93 to 3.31 kg
- Average mass
- 2.72 kg
- Range length
- 64 to 81 cm
- Average length
- 71.12 cm
- Range wingspan
- 51 to 65 mm
- Breeding interval
- White-fronted geese breed once a year.
- Breeding season
- Breeding occurs in the summer beginning late May to early June.
- Range eggs per season
- 4 to 7
- Average eggs per season
- 5
- Range time to hatching
- 26 to 28 days
- Average fledging age
- 45 days
- Range time to independence
- 1.5 to 2 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 3 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 3 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 20.3 (high) years
- Range lifespan
Status: captivity - 47 (high) years
Schellinger, S. 2014. "Anser albifrons" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Anser_albifrons/
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