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Other related concepts

• Anser [albifrons x cygnoides] (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x brachyrhynchus] (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x fabalis] (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons or erythropus] (taxon group)
• Alopochen aegyptiaca x Anser albifrons (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x erythropus] (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x rossii] (hybrid)
• Anser [caerulescens x albifrons] (hybrid)
• Anser albifrons x Branta canadensis (hybrid)
• Anser albifrons x Branta hutchinsii (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x anser] (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x indicus] (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x canagicus] (hybrid)
• Anser albifrons x Branta leucopsis (hybrid)
• Anser albifrons x Branta bernicla (hybrid)
• Anser albifrons x Branta ruficollis (hybrid)
• Anser albifrons x Chloephaga poliocephala (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x serrirostris] (hybrid)
• Anser albifrons x Branta [canadensis or hutchinsii] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Blesgans
Arabic: الإوز الأغر, الإوز الأغر وز, اوزة غراء كبيرة
Asturian: Gansu Caretu, Gansu caretu grande
Azerbaijani: Ağalın qaz, Ağqalın qaz, Qaşqa qaz
Bashkir: ҡашҡа ҡаҙ
Belarusian: Белалобая гусь, Белалобы гусь, Гусь белалобая
Bulgarian: Голяма белочела гъска, Голямя белочела гъска
Bengali: ফড় ধরাক঩ার যাজ঴াুঁ঳ , বড় ধলাকপাল রাজহাঁস
Bengali (transliteration): baṛa dhalākapāla rājahām̐sa
Breton: Ar waz vailh, Gwaz vailh
Catalan: Oca carablanca, Oca riallera grossa
Catalan (Balears): Oca carablanca
Valencian: Oca riallera grossa
Chipewyan: da t’eth
Montenegrin: bjeločela guska, бјелочела гуска
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): бјелочела гуска
Cree: othsheekapasees
Cree, Plains: othsheekapasees
Czech: dř. turkyně velká, Husa belocelá, Husa běločelá, husa bìloèelá, Turkyně velká
Chuvash: шур çамкаллă хур
Welsh: Gŵydd dalcen gwen, Gwydd dalcen gwyn, Gŵydd dalcen-wen, Gŵydd fronwen
Danish: Blisgås
German: Blaessgans, Blaßgans, Bläßgans
Greek: Αρκόσιηνα , Ασπρoμέτωπη χήvα, Ασπρομέτωπη, Ασπρομέτωπη Χήνα
Greek (Cypriot): Αρκόσιηνα
English: European White-fronted Goose, Gambel White-fronted Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Greenland White-fronted Goose, Pacific White-fronted Goose, Specklebelly, Specklebelly goose, Tule Goose, Tule White-fronted Goose, Whitefront, White-front, White-fronted Goose
English, HBW: Greater White-fronted Goose
English (IOC): Greater White-fronted Goose
English (United States): Greater White-fronted Goose
Esperanto: Blankfrunta ansero
Spanish: Ansar Careto, Ánsar Careto, Ansar Careto Grande, Ánsar careto grande, ganso careto mayor, Ganso Careto-mayor
Spanish (Cuba): Guanana
Spanish (Spain): Ánsar Careto
Spanish (HBW): Ánsar careto
Inupiatun, North Alaskan: kigiyuk
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso Careto Mayor, ganso careto-mayor
Estonian: Suur-laukhani
Basque: Antzara muturzuri, Antzara muturzuria, Oca riallera grossa
Persian: غاز پیشانی‌ سفید بزرگ, غاز پیشانی‌سفید بزرگ
Finnish: Tundrahanhi
Faroese: Korngás
French: Oie à front blanc, Oie rieuse
Frisian: Blesgoes
Irish: Gé Bhánéadanach
Gaelic: Gèadh bhlàr, Gèadh-bhlàr
Galician: Ganso de testa branca, Oca riallera grossa
Manx: Guiy skead
Hebrew: אווז לבן, אווז לבן מצח, אווז לבן־מצח, אווז לבן-מצח, אוז לבן־מצח
Croatian: Lisasta Guska
Hungarian: Nagy lilik
Armenian: [Spitakachakat Sug ], Սպիտակաճակատ Սագ
Icelandic: Blesgæs
Italian: Oca lombardella, Oca lombardella maggiore
Inuktitut: Nerleq
Japanese (romaji): Kari, magan, Ma-gan
Japanese: カリ, マガン
Japanese (Kanji): 真雁, 雁
Georgian: დიდი თეთრშუბლა ბატი, თეთრშუბლა ღერღეტი
Kara-Kalpak: ақ маңлайлы ақ ғаз, ақ маңлайлы шөл ғазы
Mongolian, Halh: тундрын буурал галуу
Khakas: Aх хабах хас, Хасха хас
Kazakh: ақмаңдай қаз, Ақмандайлы қаз, ақтұмсықты қаз
Kazakh (Transliteration): aq-mañdaylı qaz
Greenlandic: Nerleq
Korean: 쇠기러기
Korean (Transliteration): soe-gireogi
North Karelian: tunturihanhi
Kirghiz: кашка каз, кашка маңдай каз
Scientific: Anser albifrons, Anser albifrons albifrons, Branta albifrons
Luxembourgish: Blässgäns, Blessgäns
Limburgish: Kolgajs
Lithuanian: Baltakaklė žąsis, Baltakaktė žaćsis, Baltakakte žasis, Baltakaktė žąsis
Latvian: Baltgalves zoss, Baltpieres zoss
Macedonian: Белочелна (Лисеста) гуска, белочелна гуска
Mongolian: Манхин галуу, тундрын буурал галуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠮᠠᠩᠬᠢᠨ ᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠣᠩᠭᠣᠷ ᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хонгор галуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): khoŋgorg aluu, maŋkhiŋg aluu
Moldavian: Gârliță mare
Maltese: Wizza tal-Maskra, Wiżża tal-Maskra Bajda
Nepali: श्वेतमाथा कलहा“स
Dutch: Groenlandse Kolgans, Kolgans
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tundragås
Norwegian: Blissgås, Tundragås
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): merihanhi
Polish: ges bialoczelna, Gęś białoczelna, Gęś zbożowa
Pinyin: bái-é é, bái-é yàn, cǎo-é, dà-yàn, huā-bān, míng-bān
Portuguese: ganso grande de testa branca, Ganso-de-testa-branca, Ganso-grande-de-testa-branca
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-de-testa-branca, ganso-grande-de-testa-branca
Romansh: auca da la blassa, Auca dal frunt alv
Rhaeto-Romance: Auca dal frunt alv
Romanian: Gârliță mare, Gârliță mare, Gârliţă mare
Russian: Beloloby Gus, Белолобый гусь, Гусь белолобый
Yakut: дыллык хаас, лыглыйа, улахан лыглыйа, эриэн түөс
Scots: Geadh bhlar
Northern Sami: Duottarcuonji, Stuoragiljobaš
Slovak: Hus bieločelá
Slovenian: belocela gos, beločela gos
Albanian: Pata ballbardhë, Pata ballëbardhë
Serbian: Lisasta guska, Лисаста гуска
Swedish: Bläsgås
Thai: ห่านหน้าผากขาว, ห่านหน้าผากขาวใหญ่
Turkmen: uly sakar gaz
Turkish: Bağırgan Kaz, Büyük Beyaz-alınlı Kaz, Sakarca, Ақмаңдайлы қаз
Tatar: ак маңгайлы каз
Tuvinian: Ак хавактыг кас
Udmurt: бадӟым тӧдьы кымес ӟазег
Ukrainian: Велика білолоба гуска, Гуска білолоба
Uzbek: оқ манглайли ғоз, оқ пешанали ѐввойи ғоз, оқ пешонали ғоз
Kalmyk: цаһан маңната һалун
Chinese: [bai-e yan], 大雁, 明斑, 白額雁, 白额雁, 白额鹅, 花斑, 草鹅
Chinese (Traditional): 大雁, 明斑, 白額雁, 白額鵝, 花斑, 草鵝
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 白額雁
Chinese (Taiwan): [bai-e yan], 白額雁, 白额雁