Goose identification (1 Viewer)

[BonS72]

Hello. I was wondering if anyone can help. I was in my local park and the attached goose was on it's own amongst a group of Canadian Geese. I thought it may be a Pink footed goose but am unsure as it looks different to the ones I can find online. I have also never seen any other type of goose in the park, which is in the middle of a city. Could anyone confirm for me please? Thanks in advance 😊

 

[Kits]

Welcome to Birdforum. I hope you enjoy your visits.

Whereabouts is the city?

 

[BonS72]

Thanks! It is Stoke on Trent. Someone has said it could be a Graylag x Canadian, which would be a first for me lol.

 

[KC Foggin]

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[Chris G6 UXU]

Welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.

 

[Fritz73]

Hola! Welcome to Birdforum

 

[delia todd]

Hi Bons and a warm welcome from me too. It's certainly a bit of a mix - I think I'll move your post to the ID forum where there are more people with the expertise to work this one out.

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I hope to hear about all the birds you see when out and about.

 

[aeshna5]

Thanks! It is Stoke on Trent. Someone has said it could be a Graylag x Canadian, which would be a first for me lol.

Yes.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

definitely Canada x greylag, as said

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Jörn, Steve and Aeshna,

I hope you find the time to write more. As I wrote in the duplicate thread, I considered it might well be a Canada x White-fronted Goose: Goose Identification UK

Would be helpful to me. Danke!

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

All hybrids Anser sp. x Branta sp. can show white feathering at the base of the bill, regardless if the Anser parent has any white there or not.

So this is not an indication for involvement of Greater or Lesser whitefronted goose

This bird has a pinkish bill that might at first glance indicate involvement of a whitefront (exception: bill color can differ if an orangebilled GWFG was involved).
But the bill is large and long , more extreme than in greater whitefront x Canada goose. It fits with known hybrids greylag x Canada goose. Some GWFG x Canada can come close in this respect but in average the bills seem a bit less high at the base and a bit less long.

Furthermore the hybrid GWFG x Canada has orange to chrome-yellow legs. The bird in question here is pinklegged, that leg coloration does regularly occur in greylag x Canada (though some of these can also have more or less orange legs).

The bird in question is structurally and colorationwise a clear Greylag x Canada

some examples of hybrids for comparison

GWFG x Canada

https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/65827432/medium.jpeg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HypVKDhkiwk/VPF-ZeuszSI/AAAAAAAAFUY/tmM6jfYyIwI/s1600/1845.jpg

Greylag x Canada

https://waarneming.nl/fotonew/7/294307.jpg

https://flic.kr/p/7TJTH6

https://flic.kr/p/4yaxQJ

Note that most "GWFG x Canada" in the web are misidentified Greylag x Canada or domestic goose x Canada. GWFG x Canada are not common and seem to be very rare in Europe