Pygmy goose
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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 gro
African pygmy goose, Nettapus auritus, at Muirhead Dams, Royal Macadamia Plantations, Machado, Limpopo, South Africa male
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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.
Pygmy goose
…Anatoidea Family: Anatidae Genus: Nettapus Brandt, 1836 Type species Anas madagascariensis = Anas aurita Gmelin, 1789 Species Nettapus pulchellus Nettapus coromandelianus Nettapus auritus Distribution N. auritus N. c. coromandelianus N. c. albipennis N. pulchellus Pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks…
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)