Once an abundant and widespread winter visitor throughout much of Japan, the population of white-fronted geese was dramatically reduced by hunting last century and steadily by habitat destruction since then. Now the majority of the 19,000 wintering population is restricted to one plain in northern Honshu.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 31
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46Once an abundant and widespread winter visitor throughout much of Japan, the population of white-fronted geese was dramatically reduced by hunting last century and steadily by habitat destruction since then. Now the majority of the 19,000 wintering population is restricted to one plain in northern Honshu. Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 31
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