Prakruti Parichay
AnatidaeAnser

Fronted Goose

Anser albifromr

66–86 cmVery Large
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Winter visitor. Pakistan, N India and Bangladesh. Adult best told from Greylag by broad white band at front of head. browner coloration. black barring on belly. and orange legs and feet. Has more uniform upperwing in flight. darker back and rump and darker base to tail than Greylag. Juvenile lacks white frontal band and barring on belly; is more similar to Greylag, and best told by smaller size and less stocky build, browner coloration, darker feathering at base of bill, dark tip (nail) to bill, and orange legs and feet. Habits similar to Greylag's. Large rivers and lakes.

Colour

WhiteOrangeBlack
Average size
76 cm
Habitat
Large rivers and lakes.
Behaviour
Winter visitor., Habits similar to Greylag's.

About this bird

Winter visitor. Pakistan, N India and Bangladesh. Adult best told from Greylag by broad white band at front of head. browner coloration. black barring on belly. and orange legs and feet. Has more uniform upperwing in flight. darker back and rump and darker base to tail than Greylag. Juvenile lacks white frontal band and barring on belly; is more similar to Greylag, and best told by smaller size and less stocky build, browner coloration, darker feathering at base of bill, dark tip (nail) to bill, and orange legs and feet. Habits similar to Greylag's. Large rivers and lakes.

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Fronted Goose is bigger than Bean Goose but smaller than Eastern Imperial Eagle.

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Fronted Goose

Anser albifromr

66–86 cm