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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.
The genus Nettapus was erected by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1836. [5] The name is from Ancient Greek nētta meaning "duck" and pous meaning "foot". It was thought that the type species , the African pygmy goose ( Nettapus auritus ), possessed the feet and body of a duck and the neck of a 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, 1828) 75 Bronze ...
The green pygmy goose (Nettapus pulchellus) is a small perching duck which breeds in southern New Guinea and northern Australia. [2] Taxonomy
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Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)Cotton teal, cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)Eurasian teal, common teal (Anas crecca)Garganey (Anas querquedula)Lesser whistling duck, Indian whistling duck, lesser whistling teal (Dendrocygna javanica)