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Greater White-fronted goose
(Anser albifrons) is a winter visitor in India.
Identification: Size: 66-86 cm. Wingspan: 60 inches. Sexes similar.
Medium-sized long-necked goose. Adult: Mostly brown plumage. White
patch at base of pink or orange bill. Irregular black spots on belly. White
line separating belly from wings. White under and uppertail coverts, dark
tail. Orange legs and feet. Immature: Mostly brown plumage darker on
the upperparts. Yellowish bill, legs, and feet. The White-fronted Goose is
the only goose with irregular black spots on the belly and a white patch at
the base of the bill. Immatures lack these marks and could be confused with
immature blue phase Snow Geese but they have yellowish rather than dark
bills, legs, and feet. Escaped domesticated geese can be similar.
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