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The cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) is a small perching duck which breeds in Asia, Southeast Asia extending south and east to Queensland where they are sometimes called white-quilled pygmy goose. They are among the smallest waterfowl in the world and are found in small to large waterbodies with good aquatic vegetation.
Pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks" in the genus Nettapus which breed in the Old World tropics. They are the smallest of all wildfowl . As the "perching ducks" are a paraphyletic group, [ 2 ] they need to be placed elsewhere.
Nettapus auritus (Boddaert 1783) (African pygmy-goose) LC; Subgenus Eyton 1838. Nettapus pulchellus Gould 1842 (green pygmy-goose) LC; Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin 1789) (cotton pygmy-goose) LC. N. c. albipennis Gould 1842 (greater cotton pygmy goose) N. c. coromandelianus (Gmelin 1789) (lesser cotton pygmy goose) Tribe Biziurini Mathews 1946
African pygmy goose: Nettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783) 70 Cotton pygmy goose: Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 71 Green pygmy goose: Nettapus pulchellus Gould, 1842: 72 Brazilian teal: Amazonetta brasiliensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 73 Ringed teal: Callonetta leucophrys (Vieillot, 1816) 74 Crested duck: Lophonetta specularioides (King, PP ...
The ducks, geese, and swans are small- to large-sized birds with a broad and elongated general body plan. [2] Diving species vary from this in being rounder. Extant species range in size from the cotton pygmy goose, at as little as 26.5 cm (10.5 in) and 164 g (5.8 oz), to the trumpeter swan, at
Cotton pygmy-goose, Nettapus coromandelianus (A) Mandarin duck, ... They are the size of a large duck or small goose, which they somewhat resemble when swimming, but ...
Cotton pygmy goose, Nettapus coromandelianus - Aus; Australian wood duck, Chenonetta jubata - Aus; Pink-eared duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus - Aus, NZ;
Cotton pygmy-goose, a winter visitor to the south. Garganey, a common migrant especially in spring and autumn. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent ...