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.

Afrikaans: Grootblesgans (Tule)
Arabic: اوزة غراء كبيرة (elgasi)
Asturian: Gansu caretu grande (mayor)
Azerbaijani: Ağalın qaz (elgasi yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Голяма белочела гъска (ssp. elgasi)
Bengali: তুর যাজ঴াুঁ঳
Bengali (transliteration): tula rājahām̐sa
Catalan: Oca riallera grossa (elgassi)
Czech: husa běločelá (ssp. elgasi)
Danish: Alaskablisgås, Blisgås, Tule (ssp. elgasi)
German: Blässgans (elgasi), Tule-Blässgans
Greek: Ασπρομέτωπη Χήνα (elgasi)
English: Greater White-fronted Goose (elgasi), Greater White-fronted Goose (Tule), Tule Goose, Tule white-fronted goose
English (Avilist): Greater White-fronted Goose (Tule)
English, HBW: Greater White-fronted Goose (Tule)
English (Hong Kong SAR China): Greater White-fronted Goose (elgasi)
English (IOC): Greater White-fronted Goose (Tule)
English (United States): Greater White-fronted Goose (Tule)
Spanish: Ánsar Careto (mayor), Ganso careto mayor, Ganso Careto Mayor (elgasi)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Ganso Careto Mayor (elgasi)
Spanish (Cuba): Guanana (elgasi)
Spanish (Spain): Ánsar Careto (Mayor)
Spanish (HBW): Greater White-fronted Goose (Tule)
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso Careto (Mayor), Ganso Careto Mayor (elgasi)
Estonian: suur-laukhani (ssp. elgasi)
Basque: Antzara muturzuria (elgasi)
Persian: غاز پیشانی‌ سفید بزرگ (elgasi)
Finnish: tundrahanhi (elgasi)
Faroese: Korngás (elgasi)
French: Oie de Tulé, Oie rieuse (elgasi), Oie rieuse (forme de Tulé), Oie rieuse (Tulé)
French (Guyane): Oie rieuse (elgasi)
Galician: Ganso de testa branca (maior)
Hebrew: אווז לבן-מצח (elgasi)
Croatian: lisasta guska (elgasi)
Hungarian: Nagy lilik (Tule)
Armenian: Սպիտակաճակատ սագ (elgasi)
Icelandic: Blesgæs (elgasi)
Japanese (romaji): magan (elgasi)
Japanese: マガン (elgasi), マガン（elgasi）
Kazakh: Ақмаңдай қаз (Туль)
Kirghiz: Кашка каз (Tule)
Scientific: Anser albifrons elgasi, Anser elgasi
Lithuanian: Baltakaktė žąsis (elgasi)
Nepali: श्वेतमाथा कलहाँस (Tule)
Dutch: Kolgans (elgasi)
Norwegian: tundragås (elgasi)
Polish: ges alaskanska, gęś alaskańska, gęś białoczelna (elgasi)
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-de-testa-branca (elgasi), ganso-grande-de-testa-branca (elgasi)
Russian: Белолобый гусь (elgasi)
Slovak: hus aljašská, hus aljašská (skup.)
Slovenian: Beločela gos (elgasi)
Albanian: Pata ballëbardhë (elgasi)
Serbian: Lisasta guska (elgasi)
Swedish: bläsgås (elgasi)
Thai: ห่านหน้าผากขาว (อลาสกา), ห่านหน้าผากขาวใหญ่ (อลาสกา)
Turkish: Sakarca (elgasi)
Ukrainian: Гуска білолоба (підвид elgasi)
Chinese: 白额雁 (elgasi)
Chinese (Hong Kong): 白額雁 (elgasi)
Chinese (Traditional): 白額雁(elgasi)