Barnacle Goose - Branta leucopsis

Identification Tips:

  1. Average length: Male 27.0 inches, Female 23.5 inches.
  2. Average weight: Male 4.03 lbs., Female 3.57 lbs.
  3. Sexes similar in apperance, males typically larger.
  4. Distinctive white face.
  5. Black head, neck and upper breast
  6. Wings & Back: silver gray with black and white bars.
  7. Belly is white
  8. V shaped white rump patch.
  9. Siver gray underwing linings visible in flight.

Similar species:

Brant and Canada geese have dark underwings, foreheads, and faces, and lack white sides.