Portal to the Lesser White-fronted Goose
- by the Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose project
About piskulka.net
The Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758) (other languages) is at present one of the most endangered bird species in the Palearctic. The clearly most important negative factor is the high mortality due to poaching. Also loss of natural habitat contribute negatively. It is a habitat specialist, in contrast to the close relative the White-fronted Goose, who has adapted to feeding in agricultural land.
The 'Portal to the Lesser White-fronted Goose' is meant to be a resource for information about wild populations and supply information about ongoing research and conservation.
Have you seen a Lesser White-fronted Goose or read colour rings? To successfully save this species from extinction do we need YOUR effort and information. Every little helps!
Wonder about the www.piskulka.net address? Piskulka - Пискулька - is the official Russian name for Lesser White-fronted Goose.
Recent observations
13 November 2018, Naszály, Ferencmajori-halastavak, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary 2 LWfG observed - 2 Ad.
12 November 2018, Naszály, Ferencmajori-halastavak, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary 4 LWfG observed - 4 Ad. With 14100 Greater White-fronted Goose, 1900 Greylag Goose, 4 Bean Goose and 11 Red-breasted Goose.
Latest photo
12 November 2018, Hungary.
Recent news
Autumn migration of Fennoscandian Lessers mapped with gps-collar “Mr. Blue” is a male Lesser White-fronted Goose that...
22 September 2018
The spring hunting ban in Kazakhstan: one year on In early 2017, the government of Kazakhstan introduced...
28 March 2018
Recent publications
Zhao, Q, Wang, X., Cao, L. & Fox, A.D. 2018. Why Chinese wintering geese hesitate to exploit farmland. Ibis 160: 703-705 doi: 10.1111/ibi.12605Heim, W. & Smirensk, S.M. 2017. The importance of Muraviovka Park, Amur province, Far East Russia, for bird species threatened at regional, national and international level based on observations between 2011 and 2016. Forktail 33: 81-87
