Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Anser albifrons

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Arabic: اوزة غراء كبيرة (اوراسية)
Asturian: Gansu caretu grande (euroasiáticu)
Azerbaijani: Ağalın qaz (albifrons yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Голяма белочела гъска (ssp. albifrons)
Bengali: িআিঈমযা঩ীয় ধরাক঩ার যাজ঴াুঁ঳
Bengali (transliteration): i'urōpīẏa dhalākapāla rājahām̐sa
Catalan: Oca riallera grossa, Oca riallera grossa (euroasiàtic)
Czech: husa běločelá (ssp. albifrons), husa běločelá eurosibiřská
Chuvash: хĕвеланăç шур çамкаллă хурĕ
Danish: Blisgås, Blisgås, Europæisk (ssp. albifrons)
German: Blässgans, Blässgans (albifrons), Europäische Blässgans
Greek: Ασπρομέτωπη Χήνα (albifrons)
English: Continental white-fronted goose, European white-fronted goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose (albifrons), Greater White-fronted Goose (Eurasian), West Tundra Greater White-fronted Goose, White fronted Goose, White-fronted Goose
English, HBW: Greater White-fronted Goose (Eurasian)
English (IOC): Greater White-fronted Goose (Eurasian)
English (United States): Greater White-fronted Goose (Eurasian)
Spanish: Ánsar Careto (euroasiático), Ánsar careto grande continental, Ánsar careto grande de Europa, Ganso Careto Mayor (albifrons)
Spanish (Cuba): Guanana (albifrons)
Spanish (Spain): Ánsar Careto (Euroasiático)
Spanish (HBW): Greater White-fronted Goose (Eurasian)
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso Careto (Euroasiático), Ganso Careto Mayor (albifrons)
Estonian: Suur-laukhani
Basque: Antzara muturzuria (albifrons)
Persian: غاز پیشانی‌ سفید بزرگ (albifrons)
Finnish: tundrahanhi (alalaji albifrons), tundrahanhi (albifrons)
Faroese: Korngás (albifrons), Russisk korngás
French: Oie rieuse, Oie rieuse (albifrons), Oie rieuse (forme nominale), Oie rieuse (nominal), Oie rieuse (nominale), Oie rieuse (race nominale), Oie rieuse continentale, Oie rieuse de Europe
Galician: Ganso de testa branca (euroasiático)
Hebrew: אווז לבן-מצח (אירואסייתי)
Hungarian: Nagy lilik (Eurázsiai)
Armenian: Սպիտակաճակատ սագ (Եվրասիական)
Icelandic: Blesgæs (albifrons)
Italian: Oca lombardella (albifrons), Oca lombardella europea
Japanese (romaji): magan (albifrons)
Japanese: マガン (albifrons), マガン（albifrons）
Mongolian, Halh: манхин галуу
Korean: 쇠기러기 (albifrons)
Scientific: Anser albifrons, Anser albifrons albifrons, Anser paradoxus, Branta albifrons
Lithuanian: Baltakaktė žąsis (albifrons)
Latvian: Baltpieres zoss (albifrons)
Mongolian: манхин галуу, хонгор галуу
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): хонгор галуу
Dutch: Continentale kolgans, Kolgans (Euraziatisch)
Norwegian: Tundragås (albifrons), Tundragås, underarten albifrons
Polish: ges bialoczelna, gęś białoczelna, gęś białoczelna (albifrons), gęś białoczelna (ssp. albifrons)
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-de-testa-branca (albifrons), ganso-grande-de-testa-branca (albifrons)
Romanian: Gârliță mare (albifrons)
Russian: Белолобый гусь (albifrons), Белолобый гусь (подвид albifrons)
Slovak: hus bieločelá, hus bieločelá (skup.)
Slovenian: Beločela gos (albifrons)
Serbian: Lisasta guska (albifrons)
Swedish: bläsgås (albifrons)
Thai: ห่านหน้าผากขาว (ยูเรเชีย), ห่านหน้าผากขาวใหญ่ (ยูเรเชีย)
Turkish: Sakarca (albifrons)
Tatar: көнбатыш ак маңгайлы казы
Ukrainian: Гуска білолоба (підвид albifrons)
Chinese: 白额雁（欧亚）
Chinese (Traditional): 白額雁(albifrons), 白額雁(歐亞)