Canada Hybrid, Stoke, Staffs (1 Viewer)

chris23565

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• Jun 21, 2010

• #1

A large number of Canada Geese have been coming into Westport Lake these last few weeks to moult, among them we found this Goose today, has anyone got any opinions on it, is it a Canada x Domestic or a Canada x Greylag?

Thanks in advance.

 

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DaveN

Derwent Valley Birder

• Jun 21, 2010

• #2

I would say it was a Greylag x Canada cross.

 

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Cheshire Birder

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• Jun 22, 2010

• #3

DaveN said:

I would say it was a Greylag x Canada cross.

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So would I.

CB

 

louisfh

Well-known member

• Jun 22, 2010

• #4

Yep, looks like a Canada X Greylag.

 

chris23565

Well-known member

• Jun 22, 2010

• #5

Thanks for your input lads

 

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stevethehydra

Well-known member

• Sep 9, 2010

• #6

As domestic geese are primarily descended from Greylags (with a bit of Swan Goose ancestry in some breeds IIRC) and some feral geese are near-indistinguishable from wild Greylags in all but behaviour and possibly size, can "Canada x domestic goose" and "Canada x Greylag" really be reliably distinguished from each other?