Species
Oiseaux

cd_nom

2734

Greater White-fronted Goose (English)

Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)

Classification
Canards, oies et cygnes
Chordata > Aves > Anseriformes > Anatidae
Canards, oies et cygnes
Species / Sub Species

sub species

Anser albifrons albifrons

Anser albifrons flavirostris

Habitats

habitats

continental (terrestrial and freshwater)

Domains and territories

Continental

Metropolitan France

Overseas

Assessment, protection and threat status

Assessed species

evaluated

Protected species

protected

Europe

Least concern (species for which the risk of disappearing is low)

World

Least concern (species for which the risk of disappearing is low)

Red list

ZNIEFF determined species

ZNIEFF determined species

Status in the territories

Territory

Type of presence

France red list

Guadeloupe

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

Île de Clipperton

Taxon occasionnel, non nicheur, accidentel dans la zone géographique considérée (par exemple migrateur de passage).

occasional

Not evaluated, not present in a national Red List

France métropolitaine

Indigenous or undetermined. Taxon present in a broad sense in the geographical area under consideration, i.e., native taxon or taxon not known to belong to one of the other categories. The lack of knowledge thus benefits the indigenous. Indigenous means: taxon that originated in the geographical area under consideration and that has developed naturally there without human contribution, or taxon that arrived there without human intervention (intentional or not) from an area in which it is indigenous. (NB: excluded hybrids of which at least one of the parents is introduced in the considered area). All taxa categorized as

present

Not applicable (species not subject to evaluation because (a) introduced recently or (b) occasionally present in mainland France)
Maps
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Valorization
Not enough data to make a graph
Citation
MNHN & OFB [Ed]. 2003-2025. Sheet of Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769). Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel (INPN).
Website: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/2734 - June 8, 2025