Greater White-fronted Goose

Scientific name: Anser albifrons

The Greater White-fronted Goose is a long-distance migrant with two distinct populations which winter along the Pacific Coast and in south-central North America. Migration can take place both during the day and at night. Female Greater White-fronted Geese can gain nearly a third of their normal body weight prior to spring migration.

Greater White-fronted Goose family groups remain together during the winter, and some yearling birds even stay with their parents to help defend a nesting territory. Some parent and sibling relationships are maintained for life, much longer than in most other waterfowl.

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