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Cotton Pygmy Goose

Cotton Pygmy Goose 
Nettapuscoromandelianus
Photographed at Animal Kingdom, Orlando, FL    Mar 2011

Actually, a duck, this bird is called a goose because of its long neck The Cotton Pygmy-goose is the smallest waterfowl on earth.


The male has a white head, neck and under parts, dark glossy green upper parts and a narrow dark breast band. Females are duskier and have a dark stripe through the eye and a white eyebrow.

It is largely resident, apart from dispersion in the wet season, but Chinese birds winter further south. It nests in tree holes, laying 8-15 eggs.





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