Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies (candidate for split)

This taxon is a subspecies of Anser albifrons

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Arabic: اوزة غراء كبيرة (flavirostris)
Asturian: Gansu caretu grande (Groenlandia)
Azerbaijani: Ağalın qaz (flavirostris yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Голяма белочела гъска (ssp. flavirostris)
Bengali: গ্রীনরযাে ধরাক঩ার যাজ঴াুঁ঳
Bengali (transliteration): grīnalyānḍa dhalākapāla rājahām̐sa
Catalan: Oca riallera grossa (Groenlandia)
Czech: husa běločelá (ssp. flavirostris)
Chuvash: Гренланди шур çамкаллă хурĕ
Danish: Blisgås, Grønlandsk (ssp. flavirostris)
German: Blässgans (flavirostris), Blässgans (Grönländische), Grönlandische Blässgans, Grönländische Bläßgans
Greek: Ασπρομέτωπη Χήνα (flavirostris)
English: Greater White-fronted Goose (flavirostris), Greater White-fronted Goose (Greenland), Greenland white-fronted goose
English, HBW: Greater White-fronted Goose (Greenland)
English (IOC): Greater White-fronted Goose (Greenland)
English (United States): Greater White-fronted Goose (Greenland)
Esperanto: Gronlanda blankfrunta ansero
Spanish: Ánsar Careto (Groenlandia), Ansar Careto de Groenlandia, Ánsar careto de Groenlandia, Ganso Careto Mayor (flavirostris)
Spanish (Cuba): Guanana (flavirostris)
Spanish (Spain): Ánsar Careto (Groenlandia)
Spanish (HBW): Greater White-fronted Goose (Greenland)
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso Careto (Groenlandia), Ganso Careto Mayor (flavirostris)
Estonian: grööni suur-laukhani
Basque: Antzara muturzuria (flavirostris)
Persian: غاز پیشانی‌ سفید بزرگ (flavirostris)
Finnish: tundrahanhi (alalaji flavirostris), tundrahanhi (flavirostris)
Faroese: Grønlendsk korngás, Korngás (flavirostris)
French: Oie à front blanc, Oie du Groenland, Oie rieuse, Oie rieuse (flavirostris), Oie rieuse (forme du Groenland), Oie rieuse (Groenland), Oie rieuse du Groenland
Galician: Ganso de testa branca (Groenlandia)
Hebrew: אווז לבן-מצח (גרינלנדי)
Hungarian: Nagy lilik (Grönland)
Armenian: Սպիտակաճակատ սագ (Գրենլանդական)
Icelandic: Blesgæs (flavirostris)
Italian: Oca lombardella di Groenlandia
Japanese (romaji): magan (flavirostris)
Japanese: マガン (flavirostris), マガン（flavirostris）
Mongolian, Halh: европын манхин галуу
Scientific: Anser albifrons flavirostris, Anser flavirostris
Lithuanian: Baltakaktė žąsis (flavirostris)
Mongolian: европын манхин галуу
Dutch: Groenlandse Kolgans, Groenlanse kolgans, Kolgans (Groenlandse)
Norwegian: Tundragås (flavirostris), Tundragås, underarten flavirostris
Polish: gęś grenlandzka, gęś grenlandzka (A. a. flavirostris)
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-de-testa-branca-da-gronelândia, ganso-grande-de-testa-branca (flavirostris)
Russian: Белолобый гусь (flavirostris)
Slovak: hus grónska, hus grónska (skup.)
Slovenian: Beločela gos (flavirostris)
Serbian: Lisasta guska (flavirostris)
Swedish: bläsgås (flavirostris)
Thai: ห่านหน้าผากขาว (กรีนแลนด์), ห่านหน้าผากขาวใหญ่ (กรีนแลนด์)
Turkish: Sakarca (flavirostris)
Tatar: Гренландия ак маңгайлы казы
Chinese: 白额雁 (flavirostris)