Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Anser albifrons

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Arabic: اوزة غراء كبيرة (gambelli/sponsa)
Asturian: Gansu caretu grande (occidental)
Azerbaijani: Ağalın qaz (gambelli/sponsa yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Голяма белочела гъска (ssp. gambelli/sponsa)
Catalan: Oca riallera grossa (occidental)
Czech: husa běločelá (ssp. gambelli/sponsa)
Danish: Blisgås, Vestlig (ssp. gambelli/sponsa)
German: Blässgans (gambelli/frontalis), Blässgans (gambelli/sponsa)
Greek: Ασπρομέτωπη Χήνα (gambelli/sponsa)
English: Greater White-fronted Goose (Western), Greater White-fronted Goose [gambelli, frontalis or sponsa]
English, HBW: Greater White-fronted Goose (Western)
English (IOC): Greater White-fronted Goose (Western)
English (United States): Greater White-fronted Goose (Western)
Spanish: Ánsar Careto (occidental), Ganso Careto Mayor (gambelli/frontalis)
Spanish (Cuba): Guanana (gambelli/sponsa)
Spanish (Spain): Ánsar Careto (Occidental)
Spanish (HBW): Greater White-fronted Goose (Western)
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso Careto (Occidental), Ganso Careto Mayor (gambelli/frontalis)
Basque: Antzara muturzuria (gambelli/sponsa)
Persian: غاز پیشانی‌ سفید بزرگ (gambelli/sponsa)
Finnish: tundrahanhi (gambelli/sponsa)
French: Oie rieuse (de l'Ouest), Oie rieuse (gambelli), Oie rieuse [gambelli ou frontalis], Oie rieuse [gambelli, frontalis ou sponsa]
Galician: Ganso de testa branca (occidental)
Hebrew: אווז לבן-מצח (מערבי)
Hungarian: Nagy lilik (Nyugati)
Armenian: Սպիտակաճակատ սագ (gambelli/sponsa)
Icelandic: Blesgæs (gambelli/sponsa)
Japanese (romaji): magan (gambelli/frontalis)
Japanese: マガン (gambelli/frontalis), マガン (gambelli/sponsa), マガン（gambelli／sponsa）
Korean: 쇠기러기 (gambelli/sponsa)
Scientific: Anser albifrons [gambelli, frontalis or sponsa], Anser albifrons frontalis/gambelli, Anser albifrons gambeli, Anser albifrons gambelli, Anser albifrons gambelli/frontalis, Anser albifrons gambelli/sponsa, Anser gambeli
Lithuanian: Baltakaktė žąsis (gambelli/sponsa)
Dutch: Kolgans (Westelijke)
Norwegian: tundragås (gambelli/frontalis), tundragås (gambelli/sponsa)
Polish: gęś białoczelna (gambelli/sponsa)
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-de-testa-branca (gambelli/frontalis), Ganso-de-testa-branca (gambelli/sponsa), ganso-grande-de-testa-branca (gambelli/sponsa)
Russian: Белолобый гусь (gambelli/sponsa)
Slovak: hus severská (skup.)
Slovenian: Beločela gos (gambelli/sponsa)
Serbian: Lisasta guska (gambelli/sponsa)
Swedish: bläsgås (gambelli/frontalis), bläsgås (gambelli/sponsa)
Thai: ห่านหน้าผากขาวใหญ่ (อเมริกา)
Turkish: Sakarca (gambelli/frontalis), Sakarca (gambelli/sponsa)
Chinese: 白额雁（北美）
Chinese (Traditional): 白額雁(東亞/北美), 白额雁（东亚/北美）