Blue-winged goose

Blue-winged goose
At Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Cyanochen
Bonaparte, 1856
Species:
C. cyanoptera
Binomial name
Cyanochen cyanoptera
(Rüppell, 1845)
Synonyms

Cyanochen cyanopterus (Rüppell, 1845)

The blue-winged goose (Cyanochen cyanoptera) is a waterfowl species which is endemic to Ethiopia. It is the only member of the genus Cyanochen.

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