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Cotton Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) Alternate name(s): "White-quilled Pygmy Goose", "White-quilled Goose-teal", "Cotton Teal", "White Pygmy-goose" Size: 34-38 cm

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Cotton Pygmy-Geese are small geese with glossy black-green back and cap, white face and neck and greyish-brown underparts. Male Cotton Pygmy-Geese have a prominent dark breast ring separating the white neck from the more greyish underparts. The females' plumage shows less contrast overall and they have a dark eye stripe that males don't have. The irises of both sexes are dark, the bill is mottled black, the legs and feet are light-grey.

Taxonomy, classification See Cotton Pygmy-Goose at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Cotton Pygmy-Goose is available HERE . Cotton Pygmy-Geese are found in two major areas, on both sides of the equator. In the northern hemisphere, the range of nominate race "coromandelianus" extends from eastern Pakistan through India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam into Malaysia. They are also found on the Andaman Islands and the Maldives. There are also occasional reports of them wintering in northern and eastern Arabia (the UAE and Oman). South of the equator, Cotton Pygmy-Geese are found in parts of New Guinea and in north-eastern Australia. Cotton Pygyme-Geese are occasionally found as winter visitors in the coastal wetlands of Oman, both along the North coast and around Salalah in the South. Cotton Pygmy-Geese like wetlands, such as swamps and lagoons, dominated by floating vegetation, e.g. waterlilies.

Sightings Click here for sighting information Race "coromandelianus" We have not seen any Cotton Pygmy-Geese, race "coromandelianus", in Oman yet, but have previously spotted race "albipennis" in Australia.

Photos

No photos from Oman available yet. To go to the Australian page, click here.

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