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Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

A winter visitor to Louisiana, found in 42 of 64 parishes and 8 habitats.

Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
42 of 64 parishes
Habitats
8

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter and on migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
42 of 64 parishes
Habitats
8
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Louisiana 8

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

1 of 8

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. Louisiana bayou country (Meeker, The Land of Evangeline, 1874)The Land of Evangeline, Joseph Rusling Meeker, 1874. Public domain. Source record.

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

Freshwater marshes

Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.

WinterTexas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough

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)

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 (22)

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

In Louisiana 1

  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter, only within 500 m of water.
Elsewhere in the South (6)
  • 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.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter, only within 500 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (15)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) 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.

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 134

Plant genera in its diet records (17)
  • Hordeum Seeds and leaves. 6 diet records. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Solanum Leaves and roots. 4 diet records. 4 native plants in Louisiana
  • Carex Leaves and roots. 3 diet records. 84 native plants in Louisiana
  • Arctophila Leaves and roots. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Avena Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Elymus Leaves. 2 diet records. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Empetrum Fruit and seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Zea Seeds. 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Bromus Leaves. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Cyperus Roots. 1 diet record. 32 native plants in Louisiana
  • Echinochloa Seeds. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Melilotus Leaves. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Oryza Seeds. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
  • Polygonum Seeds. 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
  • Setaria Roots. 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
  • Triglochin Roots. 1 diet record. 1 native plant in Louisiana
  • Triticum Leaves. 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, 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 139

Plants 958

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Louisiana

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 128

Plants 84

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Louisiana

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 169

Plants 20

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Louisiana

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources