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Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

Passes through Arkansas on migration. Found in 47 of 75 counties, across 5 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
47 of 75 counties
Habitats
5

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
47 of 75 counties
Habitats
5
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Arkansas 5

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 5

Swamps

The Land of Evangeline
WinterMississippi River Bottomland DepressionJoseph Rusling Meeker, The Land of Evangeline (1874): moss-hung trees over a still bayou in Louisiana swamp forest. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874), a neighboring state.The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

WinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

WinterOnly within 500 m of water.West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie; West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterOnly within 500 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (26)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (8)
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter, only within 500 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (18)
  • Barren Land Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
  • Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
  • Recently Burned Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Forest Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 47 of 75 counties.

Food plants

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.

Native plants in these genera 195

Plant genera in its diet records (17)
  • Hordeum Seeds and leaves. 6 diet records. 1 native plant in Arkansas
  • Solanum Leaves and roots. 4 diet records. 3 native plants in Arkansas
  • Carex Leaves and roots. 3 diet records. 144 native plants in Arkansas
  • Arctophila Leaves and roots. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Avena Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Elymus Leaves. 2 diet records. 11 native plants in Arkansas
  • Empetrum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Zea Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Bromus Leaves. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Cyperus Roots. 1 diet record. 25 native plants in Arkansas
  • Echinochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Melilotus Leaves. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Oryza Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Polygonum Seeds. 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Arkansas
  • Setaria Roots. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Arkansas
  • Triglochin Roots. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas
  • Triticum Leaves. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Arkansas

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Arkansas, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 100

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 121

Plants 17

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Arkansas

Prairies and grasslands

Birds 48

Plants 187

All of prairies and grasslands in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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