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Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
The greater white-fronted goose is a large goose with a white forehead and black bars on the belly, visiting Japan as a winter migrant. Flocks famously lift off together from their roosting marshes at dawn. Wintering sites such as Izunuma-Uchinuma in Miyagi and Katano-no-Kamoike in Ishikawa are designated Natural Monuments, and the species itself is protected.
- Scientific name
- Anser albifrons
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Hokkaido, Aomori, Miyagi, Niigata, Ishikawa
- 日本語
- マガン
- 简体中文
- 白额雁
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The Greater White-fronted Goose is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hokkaido, Aomori, Miyagi, Niigata, Ishikawa.
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