Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose conservation project – Annual report 1999
Spain is, indeed, not a country one associates with the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus, later LWfG). And the available material up to 1984 is, in fact, extremely scanty. Pascual Madoz (1848) reported the occurrence of three kinds of geese in Laguna de la Nava, without identifying the b...
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| Summary: | Spain is, indeed, not a country one associates with the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus, later LWfG). And the available material up to 1984 is, in fact, extremely scanty. Pascual Madoz (1848) reported the occurrence of three kinds of geese in Laguna de la Nava, without identifying the birds to species. In the South Spanish marshes, primarily the Guadalquivir Marismas, three goose species were reported to occur in the second half of the 19th century (Chapman & Buck 1893). The Greylag Goose (A. anser) was the principal one, followed by the less numerous Tundra Bean Goose (A. fabalis rossicus). The LWfG seemed to occur as well, as Lord Lilford, who possessed individuals hunted in the province of Sevilla, mentioned that he had seen one individual together with Greylags. As for the other European goose species, there were no evidence that they reached southern Spain in winter. Francisco Bernis (1966) knew about only three sporadic captures of LWfG in Iberia, lending the species status of being very rare in Spain in winter (Bernis 1972). Later, one adult was captured in the Guadalquivir Marismas on the |
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