By DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata
Status.
Category E
Native Range
South America. Northern South America east of the Andes and south to Paraguay but excluding eastern Brazil. The species is said to be patchily distributed over this range.
Conservation Status
Near Threatened
British Occurrence
NBN atlas has 34 records as at end 2024. Map Here.
Not especially frequent in European collections. Given the species' natural range, it needs protection in the winter and is unlikely to survive long in the wild in Britian. The NBN atlas shows an intriguing cluster in the vicinity of Cheshire and in south Wales.
