White Canada Goose

[Miss Marge]

Out from a walk today and noticed a complete white neck in amongst the flock of geese in the field. I imagine it's a leucistic Canada Goose? Taken in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

[MichaelLong]

probably  leucistic, possibly a hybrid but I'm no expert on hybrids of any sort

[Seanbirds]

Agree with @MichaelLong

[Tony Leukering]

The orange legs indicates a genetic contribution from something in the genus Anser. The likeliest culprit is domestic Graylag, a feature suggested by the larger-than-normal rear of the bird. That parent would also contribute the ruffled neck feathers (typical of the genus and not found in Branta) and the color of neck and bill.

[Seanbirds]

19 hours ago, Tony Leukering said:

The orange legs indicates a genetic contribution from something in the genus Anser. The likeliest culprit is domestic Graylag, a feature suggested by the larger-than-normal rear of the bird. That parent would also contribute the ruffled neck feathers (typical of the genus and not found in Branta) and the color of neck and bill.

Yeah, I just found a hybrid that looked like that in my Sibley field guide.

[Mark Miller]

The orange legs differentiate it from a Canada Goose.  Different varieties of geese will happily mingle.  It appears to be a variation of a white-fronted goose to me.  We get them frequently here where I work, in Nunavut.  I saw a dozen or so like this yesterday.

[Charlie Spencer]

1 hour ago, Mark Miller said:

The orange legs differentiate it from a Canada Goose.  Different varieties of geese will happily mingle.  It appears to be a variation of a white-fronted goose to me.  We get them frequently here where I work, in Nunavut.  I saw a dozen or so like this yesterday.

Mark, welcome to Whatbird!