white-fronted goose

English

A white-fronted goose

Etymology

Named for the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill.

Noun

white-fronted goose (plural white-fronted geese)

1. A goose that has bright orange legs and mouse-coloured upper wing-coverts, Anser albifrons.

Synonyms

• greater white-fronted goose (North America), specklebelly (Northern and Central North America, colloquial), whitefront

Translations

Anser albifrons

• Danish: blisgås (da) c pl
• Faroese: korngás f
• German: Blässgans (de)
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• Greenlandic: nerleq
• Slovak: hus bieločelá (sk) f
• Swedish: bläsgås (sv)