Help Id These Geese. Graylag x Swan Goose hybrids? (1 Viewer)

[Sage-grouse girl]

Hi! I recently saw these two geese by the river Do you think they could be swan goose/graylag goose hybrids? That would be very rare for my area but that is my closest guess. Any idea on what it could be? I saw them in Wyoming.

 

[howiewu]

What is your location?

They look like just domestic geese (probably with various strains of gene).

 

[Sage-grouse girl]

What is your location?

They look like just domestic geese (probably with various strains of gene).

I live in Wyoming

 

[Butty]

They have some swan goose in them, but - as stated - they are domestic, so 'rarity' isn't really a meaningful concept in this case.

 

[Sage-grouse girl]

What do you think? Graylag x Swan Goose (Domestic type) (hybrid)

 

[Sage-grouse girl]

They have some swan goose in them, but - as stated - they are domestic, so 'rarity' isn't really a meaningful concept in this case.

Ok, thanks!

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,
welcome to birdforum!
I agree with Butty,they are Greylag x Chinese (=domestic Swan) Geese hybrids.

You may find this older threads helpful, with comments by Jörn Lehmhus, an expert for hybrids and all other birds, too:

White and light grey geese

While carrying out a WeBS count todat I came across two white and two greyish coloured geese in a group of some 250 Greylags at Lay Moss in the Scottish Borders (NT5230). At first I dismissed them as domestic birds and then noted that the marking on the two white were almost identical as were...

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Graffham Water Cambridgeshire UK jan 2020

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[Joern Lehmhus]

yes, domestic greylag x domestic swan goose