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
11 December 2018, Hortobágy-halastó, Hortobágy National Park, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 4 LWfG observed - 4 Ad. Next to the railway, with 320 GWfG.
11 December 2018, Zám-puszta, Csirés, Hortobágy National Park, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 3 LWfG observed - 3 Ad. Adult pair, plus one adult with 2800 GWfG and 205 RbG.
Latest photo
07 December 2018, Hungary.
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
Cuthbert, R.J., Aarvak, T., Boros, E., Eskelin, T., Fedorenko, V., Karvonen, R., Kovalenko, A., Lehikoinen, S., Petkov, N., Szilágy, A., Tar, J., Timonen, S., Timoshenko, A., Zhadan, K. & Zuban, I. 2018. Estimating the autumn staging abundance of migratory goose species in northern Kazakhstan. Wildfowl 68: 44-69Zhao, 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.12605
