Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Anser fabalis [middendorffii or johanseni]

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Taigarietgans (Oostelike)
Azerbaijani: Tarla qazı (middendorffii yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Тайгова посевна гъска (ssp. middendorffii)
Catalan: oca pradenca de taigà (middendorffii)
Czech: husa polní (ssp. middendorffii), Husa tajgová
Chuvash: хĕвелтухăç тайга йĕтем хурĕ
Danish: Østsibirisk sædgås, Tajgasædgås (Østsibirisk)
German: Middendorffsaatgans, Middendorsaatgans, Waldsaatgans (middendorffii)
Greek: Ανατολική Χωραφόχηνα της Τάιγκας
English: Middendorf bean goose, Middendorff's Bean Goose, Middendorff's Bean-Goose, Taiga Bean Goose (Eastern), Taiga Bean Goose (middendorffii), Taiga Bean Goose (Middendorff's), Taiga Bean-Goose (Eastern)
English (Avilist): Taiga Bean-Goose (Eastern)
English, HBW: Bean Goose (Taiga Eastern)
English (IOC): Taiga Bean Goose (Eastern)
English (United States): Taiga Bean-Goose (Eastern)
Esperanto: Tajga fabansero
Spanish: Ánsar Campestre de la Taiga (Oriental), Ánsar de Middendorff
Spanish (Spain): Ánsar campestre de la taiga (oriental)
Estonian: rabahani (ssp. middendorffii), Taigarabahani
Basque: Taigako antzara hankahoria (middendorffii)
Finnish: taigametsähanhi (middendorffii)
French: Oie de Middendorff, Oie des moissons, Oie des moissons (middendorffii)
Frisian: Taigawink
Galician: Ganso campestre de Middendorff
Icelandic: Akurgæs (middendorffii)
Italian: Oca granaiola di Middendorf, Oca granaiola di Middendorff
Japanese (romaji): o-hishikui, Oo-hishikui
Japanese: オオヒシクイ (middendorffii)
Scientific: Anser fabalis middendorffi, Anser fabalis middendorffii, Anser fabilis middendorffi, Anser grandis, Anser Middendorffii, Melanonyx arvensis sibiricus, Melanonyx fabalis sibiricus
Latvian: Midendorfa zoss
Dutch: (Oostelijke) taigarietgans, Middendorffrietgans, Middendorffs Rietgans
Norwegian: taigasædgås (middendorffii)
Polish: Gęś tajgowa, gęś zbożowa (middendorffii)
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-campestre-da-taiga (middendorffii)
Rhaeto-Romance: Auca da Middendorff
Russian: Таёжный гуменник
Yakut: хомурах хоҥоро, хоҥор хаас
Northern Sami: Taigačuonjá
Slovak: hus siatinná (tajgová), hus tajgová
Serbian: Istočna tajganska guska glogovnjača
Swedish: skogsgås (östsibirisk)
Turkish: Tayga Kazı (middendorffii), Tayga tarla kazı
Tatar: көнчыгыш тайга ындыр казы
Ukrainian: Гуменник (великий) тайговий
Chinese: 豆雁 (东亚)
Chinese (Traditional): 寒林豆雁(middendorffii)