White-fronted goose
Anser albifrons
Identification Tips:
- Sexes similar
- Medium-sized long-necked goose
Adult
- Mostly brown plumage
- White patch at base of pink or orange bill
- Irregular black spots on belly
- White line separating belly from wings
- White under and uppertail coverts, dark tail
- Orange legs and feet
Immature
- Mostly brown plumage darker on the upperparts
- Yellowish bill, legs, and feet
Similar species:
The White-fronted Goose is the only goose with irregular black spots on the
belly and a white patch at the base of the bill. Immatures lack these marks
and could be confused with immature blue phase Snow Geese but they have
yellowish rather than dark bills, legs, and feet. Escaped domesticated geese
can be similar.