COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE

 

Photographed on the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

228         COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE       Nettapus coromandelianus

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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.

COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE

Female, photographed at Gympie, August 2014

228         COTTON PYGMY-GOOSE       Nettapus coromandelianus

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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.