Similar Species for Emperor Goose
Similar Species
Snow Goose
Adult blue morph
Larger with a larger bill than Emperor Goose. Legs are pink (not orange).
© Simon Boivin | Macaulay LibraryQuebec, May 07, 2017Similar Species
Ross's Goose
Adult blue morph
Smaller than Emperor Goose with white (not black) undertail coverts. The back of the neck is black (not white).
© Brooke Miller | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 17, 2015Main Species
Emperor Goose
Adult
Small and stocky goose with a short pink bill and clean white head. Body is all dark except for white tail feathers.
© Chris Wood | Macaulay LibraryAlaska, March 24, 2011Adult
Small stocky goose with a short pink bill and orange legs. Some adults have orange stained heads and necks during the breeding season. Note white tail feathers.
© Ben Lagasse | Macaulay LibraryAlaska, May 21, 2016Adult and immatures
© charles eldermire | Macaulay LibraryAlaska, January 01, 2003Juvenile
Small stocky goose with a short bill. Juveniles have a dark bill and gray neck.
© Don Munson | Macaulay LibraryOregon, October 04, 2015Immature
Small goose with a short neck and small pink bill. Immatures in their first winter look like adults but have variable dark speckling on the head.
© Brian Pendleton | Macaulay LibraryWashington, December 14, 2016Immature
In flight, note white tail feathers and dark undertail coverts. Immatures have variable dark flecking on the head; in adults this area is clean white.
© Jeffrey Moore | Macaulay LibraryWashington, March 01, 2012Immature (with Greater White-fronted Goose)
Stocky goose that is slightly smaller than Greater White-fronted Goose (left). Body is all dark except for white tail feathers. Head and back of the neck are white—in immatures the head has variable dark speckling.
© Blair Bernson | Macaulay LibraryWashington, January 01, 2012Immature
Immatures in their first winter look like adults but have variable dark speckling on the face and head.
© Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, February 12, 1997Habitat
A stocky goose of arctic and sub-arctic coastal beaches with a dark body and white head and neck.
© Andrew Spencer | Macaulay LibraryAlaska, December 05, 2016