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
20 May 2019, Alta river delta, Finnmark, Norway 4 LWfG observed - 4 Ad. Two adults pairs!
20 May 2019, Valdak Marshes, Inner part of Porsanger fjord, Finnmark, Norway 41 LWfG observed. Spring is early, so the pairs leave quickly for the breeding area. Mr. Blue probably moved in today as he was not seen in the evening.
Latest photo
20 May 2019, Norway.
Recent news
Successful catching of Lessers in Chukotka 2018 In 2018 we captured adult Lesser White-fronted geese...
7 December 2018
Autumn migration of Fennoscandian Lessers mapped with gps-collar “Mr. Blue” is a male Lesser White-fronted Goose that...
22 September 2018
Recent publications
Rogacheva, H. 1959. On the fauna of the birds and mammals of the Yenisey taiga and forest-tundra. In: Geography of terrestrial animal populations and methodology of studying them. USSR Acad. Sci. Pub. Moscow. Pp.:197-207. (In Russian)Rozenfeld, S.B., Kirtaev, G.V., Rogova,N.V. & Soloviev, M.Y. 2019. Results of an aerial survey of the western population of Anser erythropus (Anserini) in autumn migration in Russia 2017. Nature Conservation Research 4: doi: 10.24189/ncr.2019.003
