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Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in 42 of 64 parishes and 7 habitats.

Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
42 of 64 parishes
Habitats
7

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
42 of 64 parishes
Habitats
7
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 7

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

1 of 7

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

WinterUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Upper Texas Coast Beach

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)

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

WinterOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

WinterMississippi River Bottomland Depression

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 Southern Calcareous Prairie; Texas-Louisiana Coastal 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 (23)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.

  • Developed, Low Intensity Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
  • Barren Land Winter, only within 500 m of water.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore 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.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous 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.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in 21 of 64 parishes.
  • Winter: does not nest here, in 25 of 64 parishes.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 255

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 280

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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