Snow Goose
Adult white morph
All white with black flight feathers, pink bill with prominent black grin patch, and pink legs.
© Nell Moore | Macaulay LibraryTennessee, December 23, 2010Adult blue morph
Blue morph mostly sooty gray with white mostly limited to the head.
© Charles Hundertmark | Macaulay LibraryColorado, February 08, 2017Adult white morph
Forages in wide-open spaces, such as cultivated fields and shallow wetlands during the nonbreeding season.
© Jay McGowan | Macaulay LibraryNew York, March 19, 2015Not all videos have soundAdult intermediate morph
Intermediate morph mostly sooty gray but with white on the belly and a white head. Heads of all morphs can get stained yellowish.
© Simon Boivin | Macaulay LibraryQuebec, May 07, 2017Adult white morph
In flight overhead all white with black primaries on the wing.
© Kevin Faccenda | Macaulay LibraryPennsylvania, March 05, 2017Adult white morph
Snow Geese typically give numerous nasal honks in flight. Their black wingtips are highly visible in flight even at a distance.
© Tom Johnson | Macaulay LibraryArizona, January 01, 2014Not all videos have soundJuvenile white morph
White with dusky gray on head, neck, and wings. Bill and legs are dusky pink.
© Andrew Dobson | Macaulay LibraryBermuda, March 16, 2017Juvenile blue morph
Entirely dark sooty gray.
© Suzanne Labbé | Macaulay LibraryQuebec, November 14, 2016Flock (white and blue morphs)
Snow Geese often form massive flocks during the nonbreeding season, and often make mass exoduses.
© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryMissouri, February 29, 2012Not all videos have soundAdult blue morph and adult white morph
White and blue morphs will flock together, but white almost always outnumber blue.
© Suzanne Labbé | Macaulay LibraryQuebec, November 14, 2016Adult blue morph (with Canada Goose)
Will flock with other goose species.
© Macaulay LibraryOntario, October 01, 2016Flock (white and blue morphs)
This flock in the Midwest contains both white and blue morph individuals. Blue morphs tend to be more common in the Midwest and along the Gulf Coast.
© Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryMissouri, December 01, 1998Not all videos have soundAdult white morph and adult blue morph
White and blue morphs will flock together, but white almost always outnumber blue.
© Joshua Covill | Macaulay LibraryMontana, March 29, 2017