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'''Alternative names: White Pygmy-goose, White Dwarf-goose, White-quilled Pygmy-goose, White-quilled Dwarf-goose, Indian Pygmy-goose, Australian Pygmy-goose, Cotton Teal.'''
 
'''Alternative names: White Pygmy-goose, White Dwarf-goose, White-quilled Pygmy-goose, White-quilled Dwarf-goose, Indian Pygmy-goose, Australian Pygmy-goose, Cotton Teal.'''
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[[Image:Cotton_Pygmy_Goose.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Rakesh|Rakesh}} <br /> Pashan Pune, [[India]], December 2006]]
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[[Image:Cotton_Pygmy_Goose.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Nominate subspecies male<br />Photo by {{user|Rakesh|Rakesh}} <br /> Pashan Pune, [[India]], December 2006]]
 
;[[:Category:Nettapus|Nettapus]] coromandelianus
 
;[[:Category:Nettapus|Nettapus]] coromandelianus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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*Green wings<br />
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[[Image:16212PFDSCN4630 cotton PG-1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female, subspecies ''albipennis'' <br />Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=16212 Mat & Cathy]'''<br />[[Queensland]], [[Australia]], January 2007]]
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[[Image:16212PFDSCN4630 cotton PG-1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''N. c. albipennis'' female <br />Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=16212 Mat & Cathy]'''<br />[[Queensland]], [[Australia]], January 2007]]
 
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Singapore]], [[Philippines]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]] and [[Sulawesi]]<br />
 
'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Singapore]], [[Philippines]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]] and [[Sulawesi]]<br />
 
'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Australia]]: [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]] and [[Melanesia]]
 
'''Australasia''': [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Australia]]: [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]], [[South Australia]], [[Victoria]] and [[Melanesia]]
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[[Image:18 oct 2015 barkheda cotton-pygmy goose 4.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|ariban|ariban}}<br />Barkheda, Jaipur District, Rajasthan, [[India]], October 2015]]
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[[Image:18 oct 2015 barkheda cotton-pygmy goose 4.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Nominate subspecies juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|ariban|ariban}}<br />Barkheda, Jaipur District, Rajasthan, [[India]], October 2015]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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**Lowlands of coastal northeastern [[Australia]]
 
**Lowlands of coastal northeastern [[Australia]]
 
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[[Image:Pmg-ct 8688.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|bambuza|bambuza}}<br />North of [[Thailand]], January 2010]]
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[[Image:Pmg-ct 8688.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Nominate subspecies<br />Photo by {{user|bambuza|bambuza}}<br />North of [[Thailand]], January 2010]]
 
Freshwater marshes, well vegetated ponds, lakes, lagoons and creeks.
 
Freshwater marshes, well vegetated ponds, lakes, lagoons and creeks.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==

Revision as of 17:21, 13 June 2017

Alternative names: White Pygmy-goose, White Dwarf-goose, White-quilled Pygmy-goose, White-quilled Dwarf-goose, Indian Pygmy-goose, Australian Pygmy-goose, Cotton Teal.

Nominate subspecies male
Photo by Rakesh
Pashan Pune, India, December 2006
Nettapus coromandelianus

Identification

30–38 cm (11¾-15 in)
Breeding Male

  • Glossy black-green crown
  • White head
  • White neck
  • White below
  • Black collar
  • White wing bar
  • Green wings
Subspecies N. c. albipennis female
Photo by Mat & Cathy
Queensland, Australia, January 2007

Female

  • Paler
  • Lacks black collar

Eclipse male

  • Similar to female
  • White wing bar

Distribution

Asia and Australasia
Asia: Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi
Australasia: Papua New Guinea, Australia: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Melanesia

Nominate subspecies juvenile
Photo by ariban
Barkheda, Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India, October 2015

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies:1

Habitat

Nominate subspecies
Photo by bambuza
North of Thailand, January 2010

Freshwater marshes, well vegetated ponds, lakes, lagoons and creeks.

Behaviour

Diet

A dabbling duck, they forage for seeds, grass and aquatic plants and will also eat insects.

Breeding

The clutch of 8-15 ivory eggs is laid in the nest which is made in a tree hole, lined with feathers and grass.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)
  3. Wikipedia

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