Emperor GOose

Sound

  • Tiny honk kla-ha

  • High-pitched trumpeting tedidi

  • Deep ringing u-lugh u-lugh

  • Flocks on the ground produce low grunting sounds

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Different Xeno Canto links(by order as provided in bullets)

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Sight

  • White on the head and hindneck

  • Stained orange head during summer

  • Black on the chin and throat

  • Subtle black and white barring on breast, back and flanks

  • Lower mandible black

  • Upper mandible pink with a baby blue base

  • Bright orange legs and feet

  • Bright white tail

  • Immature more white on black feathers on back and upper wings

  • Immature black bill

  • Immature black cheek and overall black and white speckling on head

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This best shows stained orange head on adults during summer.

Note overall dark plumage with white head and hindneck

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Gallery

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