Goose color
White
White hair, feathers, skin, horn or shell. A white coat can still have dark eyes and dark skin; compare albino and leucistic.
29 Goose breeds list White. It is in a club standard for 16 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept White
| Breed | APA | EE | PCGB | BWA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“weiß”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AfricanWhite | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“weiß”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chinese | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“weiß”) | Standard (“the white”) | Standard (“the white”) |
| ChineseWhite | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“weiß”) | Standard (“the white”) | Standard (“the white”) |
| Egyptian | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Embden | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“weiß”) | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“White”) |
| Pilgrim | Standard (“Sex-Linked”) | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | Standard (“Ganders are white, with some traces of light grey in the back plumage, wings and tail”) | Standard (“Ganders are white, with some traces of light grey in the back plumage, wings and tail”) |
| Pomeranian | No ruling | Standard (“weiß; graugescheckt”) | Standard (“grey saddleback”) | Standard (“grey saddleback”) |
| Roman | Standard (“White”) | No ruling | Standard (“should be pure white”) | Standard (“should be pure white”) |
| Saddleback | Standard (“Gray; Buff”) | Standard (“grau-gescheckt; gelb-gescheckt”) | Standard (“Grey Back; Buff Back”) | No ruling |
| Sebastopol | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“weiß”) | Standard (“Most Sebastopols in the UK are white”) | Standard (“Most Sebastopols in the UK are white”) |
| Shetland | No ruling | Standard (“kennfarbig”) | Standard (“males being mainly white and the females grey and white”) | Standard (“males being mainly white and the females grey and white”) |
| Toulouse | Standard (“Gray; Buff”) | Standard (“weiß; grau; buff”) | Standard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”) | Standard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”) |
| ToulouseGrey | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“grau”) | Standard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”) | Standard (“the pearly grey being preferred to dark grey or brown-grey birds”) |
| ToulouseBuff | Standard (“Buff”) | Standard (“buff”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| ToulouseWhite | No ruling | Standard (“weiß”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where White is a fault
| Breed | PCGB | BWA |
|---|---|---|
| American Buff | Fault (“White feathers ... are considered faults in this breed”) | Fault (“White feathers ... are considered faults in this breed”) |
Breeds where White is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| AfricanEggshell |
| American BuffEggshell |
| ChineseEggshell |
| EgyptianEggshell |
| EmbdenEggshell |
| PilgrimEggshell |
| PomeranianEggshell |
| RomanEggshell |
| SaddlebackEggshell |
| SebastopolEggshell |
| ShetlandEggshell |
| ToulouseEggshell |
Color changes
How White can appear or change over an animal's life.
Greychanges toWhite
Plumage · With age