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Greated White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons(Scopoli, 1769)

Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Presence in the Strait
Vagrant
In Spanish
Ánsar careto

Photograph: Bill Levine, CC BY, vía iNaturalist

Length
65–78 cm
Wingspan
130–165 cm
Weight
2,150 g
050100150200LENGTH65–78 cmWINGSPAN130–165 cmcentimetres

Presence in the Strait

Accidental. Only two records: one bird caught in La Janda on 8.01.1876 and three birds in the River Guadiaro estuary during the 2nd hf. November in 1985 together with a Greylag Goose.

Identification

Smaller than the Greylag Goose. Adults have base of bill surrounded by white and belly barred and blotched with black. They breed on the Arctic tundra and Greenland.

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Gallery

Photographs from iNaturalist observations with the licence checked file by file. Those marked “Strait” were taken within the area; place and date are those of each observation.