Check out these goose species images:

Geese Walking on Ice, Kew Gardens, London.


Image by Jim Linwood
The Bar-headed Goose (rear) is a very striking species. Both sexes share the twin-barring on the head. The rest of the head is white with a streak running down the sides of the neck. The back of the neck is dark gray to black, rest of the body gray overall. To insure you have a pair, you may need to vent sex. Immature geese are somewhat paler and lack the bars on the head.

The Emperor Goose (Chen canagica) (front left) is a species of goose. It breeds around the Bering Sea, mostly in Alaska, USA, but also in Kamchatka, Russia. It is migratory, wintering mainly in the Aleutian Islands.

The Superior White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) (front right) is a goose species closely related to the smaller Lesser White-fronted Goose (A. erythropus).

Recommended Reading

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• Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) cackling-goose
• Greater White Fronted Geese at Barnes Wetland Centre, London.
• HAWAIIAN GEESE “NENE” 30″ X 15″ – ENDANGERED SPECIES Reviews