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Name (English) Lesser White-fronted Goose Status: RV
Name (Greek)
Name (Latin) Anser erythropus

Bred in northern Scandinvia across to northern Russia to Siberia. Wintering in the Iraq marshes. Vagrant Egypt, Turkey, Israel and Syria. There have only been one accepted record of three bids.

All accepted records:

Akhna Dam 20/11/2003 3 into March 2004 by which time only 1 remained.

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