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Common Name

Cotton Pygmy Goose

Alternate Names

Cotton Teal, White Quilled Pygmy Goose

Common Type

Goose

Order

Anseriformes

Family

Anatidae

Genus

Nettapus

Species

coromandelianus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

, Captive Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

Two Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Move in response to rain and water availability.

Preferred Habitat

Lakes and ponds with emergent vegetaton

Distribution and Range

Widely distributed across Asia extending down to Australia.

Food

Dabbles for small fish, molluscs, crustaceans, insect larvae and plant matter.

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