Swan Goose x Bar-headed Goose

probable Swan Goose x Bar-headed Goose hybrid, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 25th February 2007 - copyright Dave Appleton

(photo ID: 0105)

The bird shown above and in the next two photos below shows the long sloping bill/head profile of wild-type Swan Goose along with the yellowish bill colour and light silvery body feathers that are typically found on Bar-headed Goose hybrids.  The dark crown and nape may be found on either species.  It was smaller and shorter-necked than I would have expected this hybrid to have appeared, but Joern has commented in support of this identification, pointing out that other examples of presumed Swan Goose x Bar-headed Goose hybrids have not shared the long neck that is often a feature of Swan Goose hybrids.

probable Swan Goose x Bar-headed Goose hybrid, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 25th February 2007 - copyright Dave Appleton

(photo ID: 0103-0104)

(See also: domestic Swan Goose x (Bar-headed Goose x Snow Goose))


Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus