By DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera
Status.
Category E
Native Range
Africa. Upland Ethiopia.
Conservation Status
Near Threatened
British Occurrence
NBN atlas has 42 records as at end 2024. Map Here.
One was at Yeovil in Somerset in January 2013, one was at Swanton Morley in Norfolk 2007-2008 and another was at Fishers Green in Essex in December 2002. The species is hardy as it is adapted to the high mountains of Ethiopia.
