Small game: Greater White-fronted Goose

Hunting season: 01.10-31.01

Greater White-fronted Geese are 64–81 cm (25–32 in) in length, have a 130–165 cm (51–65 in) wingspan and weigh 1.93–3.31 kg. They have bright orange legs and mouse-coloured upper wing-coverts. They are smaller than Greylag Geese. As well as being larger than the Lesser White-fronted Goose, the Greater White-fronted Goose lacks the yellow eye-ring of that species, and the white facial blaze does not extend upwards so far as in Lesser.
 The male is typical larger in size, both sexes are similar in appearance – greyish brown birds with light grey breasts dappled with dark brown to black blotches and bars. Both males and females also have a pinkish bill and orange legs and feet.


Differences between European and Greenland birds

The appearance of European or Russian White-fronted Geese, of the race albifrons and Greenland White-fronted Geese, of the race flavirostris, differ in a number of ways. Greenland White-fronted Goose, in all plumages, looks darker and more 'oily-looking' than European White-fronted Goose, both at rest and in flight. 

The following are the differences which apply to first-winter plumage: The mantle and scapulars of flavirostris have narrow, indistinct pale fringes creating a uniform appearance to the birds' upper parts, whereas albifrons has noticeable whitish fringes creating obviously barred upperparts The tertials of flavirostris have indistinct pale fringes, whereas these pale fringes are more noticeable on albifrons 

The lesser- and median-upperwing-coverts of flavirostris have narrow, indistinct pale fringes, creating a rather uniform appearance ot the wing, whereas onalbifrons, these fringes are prominent and broad, creating wingbars The greater-coverts of flavirostris are dark grey, with a narrow white tip, forming a narrow wing-bar; on albifrons they are blue-grey, with prominent white tips, forming a bold wing-bar


Prices:
Anseranas Albifrons Skop: /1.10-31.01/: 20 EURO