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Green Pygmy-GooseAlternate name(s): "Green Goose-teal" ![]() Size: 30-36 cm; wing span: 48-60 cm Weight: 245-430 g |
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ADULT |
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MALE |
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BREEDING |
Lateral view of a male Green Pygmy-Goose in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Lateral view of a male Green Pygmy-Goose in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Lateral view of a male Green Pygmy-Goose in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Palmerston Golf Course, Palmerston, NT, July 2020]
Comparison of a male Green Pygmy-Goose in breeding
plumage with a
Wandering Whistling-Duck
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam NR, NT,
October 2018]
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NON-BREEDING |
Near-frontal view of a male Green Pygmy-Goose in non-breeding
plumage; note
the inconspicuous white cheek patch
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, September 2010]
Lateral view of a male Green Pygmy-Goose in non-breeding
plumage
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, September 2010]
Here the Green Pygmy-Goose's back can be seen more clearly than above
[Narrabri Lake, NSW, September 2010]
Lateral view of Green Pygmy-Geese, with males in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Karumba, QLD, September 2019]
Green Pygmy-Geese, with males in non-breeding
plumage,
in flight
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Karumba, QLD, September 2019]
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FEMALE |
Full-frontal view of a female Green Pygmy-Goose
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Lateral view of a female Green Pygmy-Goose
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Dorsal view of a female Green Pygmy-Goose in flight
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Marlow's Lagoon, Palmerston, NT, January 2018]
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PAIR |
Near-frontal view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese - male in
breeding plumage,
left, female on the right
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam NR,
NT, August 2013]
Near-lateral view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese - male in
breeding plumage,
right, female on the left
(photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Lateral view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese, male in breeding
plumage in front
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, August 2023]
Lateral view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese, male in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Palmerston Golf Course, Palmerston, NT, July 2020]
Lateral view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese; male in breeding
plumage, right,
female on the left (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Lateral view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese - male in breeding
plumage,
front, female behind (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Marlow's Lagoon, Palmerston, NT, January 2018]
Lateral view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese; male in breeding
plumage, right,
female on the left (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Lateral view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese; female in front,
male behind (photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Near Croydon, QLD, July 2016]
Near-dorsal view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese; male in breeding
plumage, right,
female on the left
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a pair of Green Pygmy-Geese; male in breeding
plumage, right,
female on the left
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, QLD, November 2018]
Even from straight behind one can tell who is who in a pair of
Green Pygmy-Geese; female on the left, male on the right
(photo courtesy of M. Mearns)
[Near Croydon, QLD, July 2016]
Pair of Green Pygmy-Geese banking to land; female on the right
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[McMinns Lagoon, near Darwin, NT, July 2019]
Near-lateral view of Green Pygmy-Geese in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[McMinns Lagoon, near Darwin, NT, July 2019]
Near-lateral view of Green Pygmy-Geese in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[McMinns Lagoon, near Darwin, NT, July 2019]
Lateral view of Green Pygmy-Geese in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[McMinns Lagoon, near Darwin, NT, July 2019]
Lateral view of a flock of Green Pygmy-Geese in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[McMinns Lagoon, near Darwin, NT, July 2019]
Lateral view of a flock of Green Pygmy-Geese in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[McMinns Lagoon, near Darwin, NT, July 2019]
Lateral view of a flock of Green Pygmy-Geese in flight
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[McMinns Lagoon, near Darwin, NT, July 2019]