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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

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Callaghan, D. A.; Green, A. J. 1993. Wildfowl at risk, 1993. Wildfowl 44: 149-169.

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Dodman, T.; Béibro, H. Y.; Hubert, E.; Williams, E. 1999. African waterbird census 1998. Les denombrements d'oiseaux d'eau en Afrique, 1998. Wetlands International, Dakar.

eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Ithaca, New York Available at: http://www.ebird.org.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).

Johnsgard, P.A. 1978. Ducks, geese and swans of the World. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London.

Kear, J. 2005. Ducks, geese and swans volume 1: general chapters; species accounts (Anhima to Salvadorina). Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

Scott, D.A. and Rose, P.M. 1996. Atlas of Anatidae populations in Africa and western Eurasia. Wetlands International, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Soothill, E.; Whitehead, P. 1978. Wildfowl of the World. Blandford Press, London.

Tesfahunegny, W. 2016. A catalogue for endemic birds of Ethiopia. Journal of Zoological Study 4: 109-133.

Wetlands International. 2021. Waterbird Population Estimates. Available at: https://wpe.wetlands.org. (Accessed: Thursday 23 Sep 2021).

IUCN SSC Goose Specialist Group

IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-winged-goose-cyanochen-cyanoptera on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.