Abyssinian Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanopterus. Raised wings, flapping, stretching. Bale mountain pool. Ethiopia.

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Abyssinian Blue-winged Geese (Cyanochen cyanopterus). Wing flapping, revealing blue wing coverts, which gives the species its popular name. On a high altitude lake. November. Bale Mountains. Ethiopia.

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