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| Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus [Linnaeus, 1758] | |
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family: Anatidae |
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BTO Codes:
LC , LWFGO
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EURING No: 1600 | |
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Number in Britain:
2 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
60 cm
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Wingspan: 128 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 2.1 kg
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Scientific name from:
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L.: anser=a goose and Gr.: eruthrus=red + -pous=foot |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n Scandinavia & Siberia, WINTERS: south to s Europe, India & Japan |
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Habitat:
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Open tundra & lakes |
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Diet:
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Mostly shoots and leaves |
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TitBit:
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A sighting of Britain's second Lesser Whitefront on the Severn led the great naturalist Sir Peter Scott to set up the Wildfowl Trust (now WWT) at Slimbridge, a move which led to the BBC's Natural History Unit being established in Bristol |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
Northumberland, 1886
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
90
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
December to March
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(1986),
Angus & Dundee
(1989),
Clyde
(1974),
Dumfries & Galloway
(1996),
Upper Forth
(1960),
Outer Hebrides
(2001),
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North-east England:
Northumberland
(1978),
East Yorkshire
(1996),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
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Lancashire
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
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Northamptonshire
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Staffordshire
(1991),
Warwickshire
(1991),
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Eastern England:
Essex
(1986),
Hertfordshire
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Lincolnshire
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Norfolk
(1996),
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South-east England:
Kent
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Oxfordshire
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South-west England:
Gloucestershire
(2003),
Somerset
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Wales:
Carmarthen
(1971),
Ceredigion
(1955),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: Gèadh-bhlàr-beag | Welsh: Gwydd Dalcen-wen Leiaf |
| Danish: Dværggås | Dutch: Dwerggans |
| Finnish: Kiljuhanhi | French: Oie naine |
| German: Zwerggans | Hungarian: Kis lilik |
| Icelandic: Fjallgæs | Irish: Mionghé Bhánéadanach |
| Italian: Oca lombardella minore | Norwegian: Dverggås |
| Polish: Ges mala | Portuguese: Ganso-pequena-de-testa-branca |
| Spanish: Ansar careto chico | Swedish: Fjällgås |
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| For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Kear, J 2005 Ducks, geese and swans Oxford University Press [598.48 KEA] |
| See Also: |
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Wikipedia entry
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European Species Action Plan
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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Find papers on Google Scholar
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Find papers on Scirus
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