Cotton pygmy goose
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The cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal is a small perching duck which breeds in South and Southeast Asia extending to Queensland in Australia where they are sometimes called white-quilled pygmy goose.
Cotton Pygmy goose
Male in flight, the white band on the dark wing is broad. The green gloss on the upper wing coverts is distinctive.
Female in flight, the white trailing edge is restricted mainly to the secondaries
Female with dark eye-stripe, nominate population (Thailand)
Ipomoea
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Ipomoea is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, water Convolvulus or water spinach,
Cotton pygmy goose
…analysis showed that they fed on small fishes Puntius, Mystus, Oryzias, molluscs, crustaceans, insect larvae as well as plant matter from species such as Ipomoea, Hydrilla and Ruppia. They do not dive or up-end and take to flight from the water surface without having to run or patter on the surface. They fly…
Ipomoea pes tigridis, Corbett TR, September 2013. AJT Johnsingh. DSCN8264
Flower and leaf of Ipomoea barbatisepala
Fruit and seed of Ipomoea setosa
Whitestar potato Ipomoea lacunosa