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Cotton Pygmy-GooseAlternate name(s): "White-quilled Pygmy Goose", "White-quilled Goose-teal", "Cotton Teal", "White Pygmy-goose" ![]() Size: 34-38 cm Weight: 255-440 g |
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Photos |
Race "albipennis"
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ADULT |
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MALE |
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BREEDING |
Frontal view of a male Cotton Pygmy-Goose in breeding
plumage - note
the well-defined dark collar and the high contrast between
white and dark parts; in the background, for comparison, a
Dusky Moorhen
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chatsworth Park, Gympie, QLD, August 2018]
Lateral view of a male Cotton Pygmy-Goose in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chatsworth Park, Gympie, QLD, August 2018]
Lateral view of a male Cotton Pygmy-Goose in breeding
plumage;
in the foreground, for comparison, a
Dusky Moorhen
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chatsworth Park, Gympie, QLD, August 2018]
Lateral view of a male Cotton Pygmy-Goose in breeding
plumage, front,
and a female behind
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chatsworth Park, Gympie, QLD, August 2018]
Close-up near-dorsal view of a male Cotton Pygmy-Goose in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Chatsworth Park, Gympie, QLD, August 2018]
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NON-BREEDING |
Lateral view of a male Cotton Pygmy-Goose in non-breeding
plumage - note
the smudgy collar (photo courtesy of B. Hensen);
click on image to also see, for comparison, two Green Pygmy-Geese
[Catana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, July 2013]
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FEMALE |
Close-up frontal view of a female Cotton Pygmy-Goose
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Springfield Lakes, QLD, July 2018]
Close-up lateral view of a female Cotton Pygmy-Goose
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Springfield Lakes, QLD, July 2018]
Close-up lateral view of a female Cotton Pygmy-Goose
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Springfield Lakes, QLD, July 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a female Cotton Pygmy-Goose
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Springfield Lakes, QLD, July 2018]
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PAIR |
Near-lateral/near-dorsal view of a pair of Cotton Pygmy-Geese; male in
breeding plumage
on the left
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, August 2023]
Lateral/dorsal view of a pair of Cotton Pygmy-Geese; male in
breeding plumage
in front
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, August 2023]
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Food, Diet |
Near-lateral view of a female Cotton Pygmy-Goose feeding
on aquatic plants
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Springfield Lakes, QLD, July 2018]