white-fronted goose

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a grayish-brown goose, Anser albifrons, having a white face and a black-blotched breast and breeding in the Canadian Arctic.

Quotations

1908

American white fronted goose . . . This fine goose is fairly abundant some seasons at Fort Chipewyan. . . .

1939

Also to be found in the goose flocks are Canada Geese, White Fronted Geese and other less well known species such as the Ross Goose.

1959

White-fronted Goose [is sometimes called] white-front (There is a white patch about the base of the bill. Alta.).