Male And Female Geese

Females have slightly pointed bills.

Male and female geese. According to majestic water fowl a nonprofit dedicated to waterfowl identification and finding homes male chinese geese weigh from 10 to 12 pounds and the females clock in at 8 to 10 pounds while male african geese can tip the scales at 20 pounds with females just a couple pounds lighter. Female geese are smaller in size than males and their heads differ slightly as well. Male chinese geese have a large knob on their heads while the female doesn t. The neck of both sexes differs as well being shorter and slimmer in females and longer and thicker in.

Unlike other birds such as mallard ducks the male canada goose doesn t have distinctive colorful plumage that separates him visually from the female. Female canadian geese have pointed tails while males possess rounded tails according to the beauty of birds. Male and female canada geese are identical as far as markings go sporting black heads and necks white patches on their faces light colored chests and brownish grey plumage. Male embden geese are much larger than their female companions weighing 30 to 35 pounds compared to 20 to 22 pounds.

If you see a pair of geese together chances are the bigger of the pair is the male. In some breeds of geese such as the chinese geese it can be rather easy to tell the difference between the male and female by simply looking at the knob on their heads. The bills of males bear a slightly different shape from those of the females being more rounded even bulbous in appearance.