Goose ID Cornwall UK March 2011 (1 Viewer)

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pdh

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• Mar 26, 2011

• #1

Is this top-right specimen something vaguely exotic, or simply a slightly shonky Canada?

thanks

 

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Stephen Dunstan

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• Mar 26, 2011

• #2

Looks like a hybrid. Maybe it has Bar-headed Goose in it, maybe not as the picture isn't that clear.

 

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pdh

Well-known member

• Mar 26, 2011

• #3

as suspected,
yes sorry about IQ v large crop at very long range. view thru bins not much better

thanks for replying Stephen

pdh

 

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Dave Appleton

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• Mar 26, 2011

• #4

Yes, a hybrid for sure, between Canada Goose and one of the Anser species. Would need a better photo to get any further, but there is more white on the head than is typical of the commonest Canada hybrid: Canada x Greylag. However if the Greylag was a domestic variant then this is possible. The fat rear end is also suggestive of a domestic parent, but I'd still want a better photo to be confident.

 

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stevethehydra

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• Mar 27, 2011

• #5

Looks like Canada x domestic (Greylag and/or Swan Goose) to me - there are many similar birds around Greater Manchester, some resembling Canada x Snow Goose hybrids in colouring but obviously big and bulky (at least typical Canada size, but often more heavily built and particularly thicker neck).