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Spur-winged goose
Plectropterus gambensis
7.59462, 38.5998
Field Notes
Description:
A massif black goose, mainly black with various amount of white on the body, and the red beak and face - male sports much more red skin on his face than the female.
Habitat:
Even though typically gregarious goose, I saw only this specimen that day in Awasa... and from quite far away, which is my excuse for such a low quality of the shot.
This is an African species, found in wetlands all over sub-Saharan Africa. Here, seen in a protected wetland and forest area on lake Awasa (Hawasa) of Ethiopia; the place I already evoked several times as a birdwatcher paradise...
Notes:
An interesting fact about this goose, just found on Wikipedia - it is said that its flesh can be poisonous (?????) mainly due to its diet of blister beetles; the poison, cantharidin, coming from these beetles is held in goose tissues, causing poisoning of those who eat the cooked goose.
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