Bird
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.
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.
Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.
Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.
Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (26)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas.
- Developed, Low Intensity Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
- Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
- Barren Land Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
- Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
- Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
- Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
- South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
- Recently Logged Areas Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- 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.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Winter, only within 500 m of water.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland 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.
- Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
- Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
Seasons in Arkansas
- Migratory: does not nest here, in 47 of 75 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 242
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
- Green HawthornCrataegus viridis
- Possumhaw HollyIlex decidua
- Bushy BluestemAndropogon glomeratus
- Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendula
- Whitetinge SedgeCarex albicans
- Cherokee SedgeCarex cherokeensis
- Little Tooth SedgeCarex microdonta
- Nutmeg HickoryCarya myristiciformis
- SugarberryCeltis laevigata
- Rough Leaf DogwoodCornus drummondii
- Cockspur HawthornCrataegus crus-galli
- Variable WitchgrassDichanthelium commutatum
- Pale Purple ConeflowerEchinacea pallida
- Eastern Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea
- Eastern Red CedarJuniperus virginiana
- Juniperus virginiana var. virginianaJuniperus virginiana var. virginiana
- White CutgrassLeersia virginica
- SweetgumLiquidambar styraciflua
- Prairie CelestialNemastylis geminiflora
- Wiry PanicgrassPanicum flexile
- Chinquapin OakQuercus muehlenbergii
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
- Shumard OakQuercus shumardii
- Post OakQuercus stellata
Wildlife 231
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Arkansas. Not sighting records.
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowii
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Ross's GooseChen rossii
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Snow GooseChen caerulescens
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night-heronNyctanassa violacea
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- American CootFulica americana
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American Tree SparrowSpizella arborea
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP winter habitat model for Greater White-fronted Goose Slow streams only
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)










































