Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the front or forehead white, as a bird.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a white front.
- adjective (Zoöl.) the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under
Snow .
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I could have killed a dozen white-fronted geese with rocks from the road.
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I could have killed a dozen white-fronted geese with rocks from the road.
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For example, the white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons) and saki (Pithecia hirsutus) occur on the west-side of the river but not on the east, while the bearded saki (Chiropotes albinasus) only occurs on the east.
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For example, the white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons) and saki (Pithecia hirsutus) occur on the west side of the river and the saki Chiropotes albinasus only occurs on the east.
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An analysis of Hadley Centre spring and summer temperature and precipitation data over the last 50 years, interpolated over the currently known arctic distribution areas of the white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) and the Taymir population of the red knot (Calidris canutus canutus), demonstrates a significant correlation between the mean June temperature and the percentage of juveniles in the population as a measure of breeding success.
Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges 2009
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The HadCM2GSa1 model, forced with a 1% per year increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, projects a moderate increase in mean June temperature (by the time CO2 concentrations double) in the Taymir breeding area of the white-fronted goose, which is likely to favor the goose population.
Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges 2009
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The white-fronted capuchin monkey (Cebus albifrons) is among the rich primate fauna in the Tropical Andes Hotspot.
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Pintail (Anas acuta) and mallard ducks (A. platyrhynchos), both mainland species, and white-fronted goose or "yellow legs" (Anser albifrons) and tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus), both historically rare on Banks Island, have been observed in increasingly larger numbers.
Climate change impacts on Canadian Western Arctic~ the Inuvialuit of Sachs Harbour 2009
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Important wintering species include mute swan Cygnus olor, white-fronted and greylag goose Anser albifrons and A. anser and white-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla.
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