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Canada Goose hybrid or leucistic

Branta canadensis

Description:

Ik the one in the background is a goose but whats the white one? I saw two of them near a small pond in a neighborhood

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3 Comments

Shane_S
Shane_S 6 years ago

It's hard to tell from this photo, but I've seen canada geese with diluted coloration much like this. Same markings, but the goose is mostly white, and instead of the neck being black like the others, it had light brown. Hypomelanism, most likely.

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 6 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah, Vedant!! :)

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 6 years ago

A type of domestic goose.

Vedaura Fedora
Spotted by
Vedaura Fedora

Delaware, USA

Spotted on May 7, 2017
Submitted on May 12, 2017

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