Blue-winged Goose

IUCN

Alias：Blue-winged Goose，Cyanochen cyanopterus

Basic Information

Scientific classification

name：Blue-winged Goose
Aliases：Blue-winged Goose，Cyanochen cyanopterus
Outline：Waterfowl
Family：

Vital signs

length：60-75CM
Weight：No textual research information is available
lifetime：No textual research information is available

Feature

It is named after the grey blue feathers on its wings

Details

Blue-winged geese (Cyanochen cyanopterus) are blue-winged Goose birds in the genus Cyanopterus.

188344 a32122d04475b4d8b4f859905d_ nine ray image converter. JPG

The range of blue-winged geese is generally high elevation grassland scrub or grassland, at an altitude of about 1800 meters. Nomadic foraging near water, feeding mainly on grasses, seeds, various aquatic plants, mollusks, and fish.

17537 da9ccf2dca8fbe6d43b3afd2bc7_ nine ray image converter. JPG

Blue-winged geese breed near the edges of lakes, rivers, ponds and swamps. Because the Ethiopian highlands are relatively cold, the nest is built in dense undergrowth, and the nesting material is made of thick straw. After laying eggs, the female plucks a large number of feathers from her body and places them in the nest. Each clutch lays 4-9 pink gray eggs, which hatch for 30 to 34 days.

Listed in the International Red Book of Birds of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 2009 list ver 3.1 - Vulnerable (VU).

Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat.

Maintaining ecological balance is everyone's responsibility!

Location

Blue-winged geese are endemic to Ethiopia and are found only in the Ethiopian highlands of Africa.
It inhabits subtropical and tropical rivers, freshwater lakes, swamps.

Form

Any of several birds of the genus Cyanopterus of the Anseriformes family. This is the only species in the genus. It is named after the grey blue feathers on its wings. It is similar to the male and female, and is found only in the Ethiopian plateau of Africa. Omnivorous birds that feed primarily on a variety of aquatic plants, mollusks, and fish. Blue-winged geese are 60 to 75 cm long. The head and upper neck are pale grayish-brown; Small and middle cover light gray, large cover light blue, primary and secondary fly feathers black.