[EBB Sightings] why the small "greater" really is greater

Tom Condit wrote:
>I've often wondered where the "Lesser" White-Fronted Goose lives, 
>and how small it is.

A smaller, but very similar goose is found in northern Asia and 
Europe. It is known as the Lesser White-fronted Goose and is the 
reason our goose is known as the "Greater."
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Greater_White-fronted_Goose_dtl.html

The rarest goose of Europe... Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser 
erythropus) is a small goose 53-65 cm long,
http://www.ornithologiki.gr/en/oiwnos/i2/ennanox.htm



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