ID Help (1 Viewer)

Jim

Member

• Feb 10, 2003

• #1

Need some with an ID on these. They are the about the same size and shape as a Canada Goose but with different markings.

My Audobon book wasn't any help


Thanks

 

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T0ny

Okillre Member

• Feb 10, 2003

• #2

They look as though they could be Canada Goose x Barnacle Goose hybrids - anyone else agree ?

Tony

 

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bcurrie

Well-known member

• Feb 11, 2003

• #3

I would agree with TOny. They appear to be hybrids, certainly not a North American Goose. His explanation is better than anything I can think of.

 

oldsquaw

Old Tooter

• Feb 11, 2003

• #4

With the stripes on the neck, looks like possible Canada/Graylag. Not sure why white on face though.

 

T0ny

Okillre Member

• Feb 11, 2003

• #5

It was the white on the face that made me think of Barnacle. Don't know if 'black' & 'grey' geese hybridise together.

Tony

 

Eddie

Well-known member

• Feb 11, 2003

• #6

'Black' and 'Grey' geese do hybridise but in this case I would think that, as with the concensus, they are Canada/Barnacle hybrids.

Eddie

 

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Darrell Clegg

Well-known member

• Feb 11, 2003

• #7

I think that they're probably Canada X Farmyard Greylag. They do hybridise and it would explain why the large amount of white on the head. The black neck, head shape, and back/flank colour are right for Canada, whereas the neck markings and the upturned tail indicate a Greylag parentage.

 

T0ny

Okillre Member

• Feb 11, 2003

• #8

Cheers Darrell

 

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Gecsos

Member

• Feb 11, 2003

• #9

Another thing problematic with this bird being a canXbarn is that there are no breeding populations of wild Barnacle Goose in the US. They are also rarely encountered as captive birds.

I vote Canada X "farm goose"

I doubt it was a pure Can X Graylag because then it would show slightly mottled bill, white flank line, etc.

~GECSOS

 

Colin

Axeman (Retired)

• Feb 11, 2003

• #10

The hybrids of Canada/Greylag that I have seen in the UK produce something like a Canada but with the white bits, such as the chin strap, being a dusky buffy brown and thus the nice crisp black and white contrast is not there. However I don't know if the male and female differences, i.e. male Canada and female Greylag or male Greylag and female Canada, produce differing hybrid pattern markings. So in summary, I am not much help, but there is something else to think about. One thing is certain, I believe that they are truly hybrids!

Colin