The Ross's goose (Chen rossii) is named in honour of Bernard R. Ross, a Hudson's Bay Company factor at Fort Resolution in Canada's Northwest Territories. It has a relatively short neck and lacks the black "grinning patch" that is typical of greater and lesser snow geese, for which it is often mistaken. A tiny white goose with black wingtips, the Ross's Goose is like a miniature version of the more abundant Snow Goose – approximately 40% smaller. Other differences from the snow goose are that the bill is smaller in proportion to its body and lacks "black lips". It breeds in the central Arctic and winters primarily in central California, but it is becoming more frequent farther east.
