Showing posts with label Pygmy-goose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pygmy-goose. Show all posts

Thursday, August 14, 2014

COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE

Female, photographed at Gympie, August 2014
228         COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE       Nettapus coromandelianus

Australia        (228)

Also known as the White Pygmy-Goose. 34-38 cm, span c. 60 cm. Range on e. coast mainland from Brisbane to Charlotte Bay. Found in deeper freshwater swamps, lagoons and dams.





Saturday, July 19, 2014

GREEN PYGMY GOOSE


188               GREEN PYGMY-GOOSE          Nettapus pulchellus

Australia         (188)

34-38 cm, span up to 60 cm. Ranges from Kimberleys across the top and down to just above Brisbane. Found in tropical lagoons, lakes, dams with waterlilies and submerged water plants.