Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderAnseriformes
FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
GenusAnser (Anserinis)
SpeciesAnser albifrons (Greater White-fronted Goose)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Cairngorms National Park

4 Verified records at Cairngorms National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose, closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). The greater white-fronted goose is migratory, breeding in northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and Russia, and winters farther south in North America, Europe, and Asia. It is named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill; its specific name albifrons comes from the Latin albus "white" and frons "forehead". In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it has been known as the white-fronted goose; in North America, it is known as the greater white-fronted goose (or "greater whitefront"), and this name is also increasingly adopted internationally. Even more distinctive are the salt-and-pepper markings on the breast of adult birds, which is why the goose is colloquially called the "specklebelly" in North America. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Cairngorms National Park

Anser brachyrhynchus

Anser caerulescens

Anas platyrhynchos

Bucephala clangula

Anas crecca

Mergus merganser

Aythya fuligula

Cygnus olor

Mareca penelope

Branta canadensis

Cygnus cygnus

Mergus serrator

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Greater White-fronted Goose at Cairngorms National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	20–30%
2	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	20–30%
3	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	10–20%
4	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	10–20%
5	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	10–20%
6	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
7	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	10–20%
8	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	5–10%
9	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	5–10%
10	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
11	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
12	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
13	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
14	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
15	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
16	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
17	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
18	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
19	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
20	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
21	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	<5%
22	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	<5%
23	Hemis National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
24	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
25	Celestún Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
26	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
27	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
28	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
29	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
30	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
31	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
32	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
33	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
34	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
35	Thingvellir National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data
36	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
37	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data
38	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
39	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
40	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data
41	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	Insufficient data
42	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
43	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
44	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data

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Greater White-fronted Goose

Closest Relatives at Cairngorms National Park

Pink-footed Goose

Snow Goose

Mallard

Common Goldeneye

Common Teal

Common Merganser

Tufted Duck

Mute Swan

Eurasian Wigeon

Canada Goose

Whooper Swan

Red-breasted Merganser

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found