Bird Encyclopedia

Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.

Egyptian Goose

A large, long-legged, goose-like duck native to Africa with a pale buffy-brown body, a distinctive dark eye patch, and a chestnut chest spot.

A small, compact white goose with black wingtips and a short, stubby bill, essentially a miniature version of the Snow Goose.

A large, familiar goose with a black head and neck, white chinstrap, and brown body, widespread across North America in a huge range of habitats.

A large, bulky pale gray-brown goose with a stout pink or orange bill, the wild ancestor of most domestic geese and widespread across Eurasia.

A small goose nearly identical in plumage to the Canada Goose but noticeably smaller, with a shorter neck and a stubby, often steep-fronted bill.

A bright white goose with black wingtips, occurring also in a dark "blue" morph, famous for massive, noisy flocks during migration.

A pale gray goose with two bold black bars across the back of a white head, famous for migrating at extreme altitudes over the Himalayas.

A medium-large brownish-gray goose with a white patch around the base of the bill and irregular black barring on the belly.

A small, dark sea goose with a black head, neck, and breast broken only by a small white neck patch, tightly tied to coastal eelgrass beds in winter.

A large, goose-like duck with a bold white body crossed by a broad chestnut breast band and a glossy dark green head, common along Eurasian coasts.