Classification

Name

Notes

Kingdom

Animalia

Animals: Multicelular systems that feed by ingestion.

Subkingdom

Eumetazoa

Animals with bodies made of two or more symmetrical sides.

Branch

Bilateria

Body with two symmetrical opposing sides.

Phylum

Chordata

Chordates

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Vertebrates

Superclass

Gnathostomata

Vertebrates with jaws.

Class

Aves

Birds: Vertebrates with feathers.

Superorder

Neognathae

Birds of Flight

Order

Anseriformes

Waterfowl & Screamers

Family

Anatidae

Waterfowl

Subfamily

Anserinae

Swans (Cygnini) and Geese (Anserini)

Tribe

Anserini

Geese

Genus

Anser

Geese

Species

Anser albifrons

Greater White-fronted Goose

Subspecie

Distribution

Anser albifrons albifrons
Scopoli, 1769

Eurasian Greater White-fronted Goose
Nests in northern Asia, northern Russia. Winters in Europe and Asia, to Myanmar.

Anser albifrons frontalis
Baird, 1858

Pacific Greater White-fronted Goose
Nests in Siberia, Alaska and Canada. Winters in eastern Asia and western North America (USA and Mexico).

Anser albifrons flavirostris
Dalgety y P. Scott, 1948

Greenland Greater White-fronted Goose
Nests in Greenland. Winters in Ireland.

Anser albifrons gambeli
Hartlaub, 1852

Gambel's Greater White-fronted Goose
Nests in Alaska and Canada. Winters in western North America.

Anser albifrons elgasi
Delacour y Ripley, 1975

Tule Greater White-fronted Goose
Nests in Alaska. Winters in California.