Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769)

		adult 1-st years
2019-06-27 о. Shokalsky, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 2020-03-19 Krasnoyarsk, Central embankment	© Dmitry Nizovtsev © Olga Nemezhikova

Distribution

Common and numerous breeder in the north of Siberia in arctic, common, and northern scrubby tundras. Numerous migrant in the Western Siberia; numbers of migrants at stopovers vary much in the Eastern Siberia.<br>Two subspecies in Siberia: A.a.albifrons west from the lower stream of Lena River, and somewhat larger A.a.frontalis eastward.

References

В.К.Рябицев. "Птицы Сибири". Москва-Екатеринбург, Изд-во "Кабинетный ученый", 2014.