pygmy goose
nettapus latin

Pygmy geese have short bills, rounded heads and short legs.

The African Pygmy Goose is known to be nomadic.

Herons and pygmy geese played in the stands of papyrus, white egrets swooped into the water.

Nettapus, pygmy geese (three species) - Anatinae or part of Southern Hemisphere radiation?

Though pygmy geese have beaks like those of geese, they are more related to the dabbling ducks and other species called 'ducks'.

Allen's Gallinules rob both conspecifics and African Pygmy Geese.

Dead trees with branches the shape of forked lightning lined the banks, a flock of pygmy geese flapped across our bows.

Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus of northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus of Southeast Asia.

African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus of sub-Saharan Africa.

Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus: Anatinae or a Gondwanan clade?

Every game drive dissolved into a series of vivid snapshots: a pair of pygmy geese framed by water lilies; a green-backed heron swallowing a frog.

The pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks" in the genus Nettapus which breed in the Old World tropics.

The Australian Wood Duck can be distinguished from pygmy geese, Nettapus spp, which are smaller, have bold white face markings and are usually seen on water.

Famous for the fresh water ducks such as Eurasian wigeon and Cotton Pygmy Goose, over 70 resident and migratory bird species have been recorded so far.

Other abundant waterbirds include Wandering Whistling Ducks, Pacific Black Ducks and Green Pygmy Geese.

The vast wetlands of Kasanka support some species not easily seen elsewhere such as Rufous-bellied Heron, Lesser Jacana and African Pygmy Goose.

Among the birds on display are the Guam kingfisher, the Tahitian blue lory, the solitary lory, as well as such exotics as green pygmy geese and Sulawesi hornbills.

'Now look, Stephen, beyond the pygmy geese but before the flamingos ..." 'Christine, can you make out whether the nearer bird is a greater flamingo or the slightly smaller kind?' '

The three species of small waterfowl in the genus Nettapus are named "pygmy geese", e.g. the Cotton Pygmy Goose (N. javanica).

The Cotton Pygmy Goose or Cotton Teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) is a small perching duck which breeds in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, southeast Asia and south to northern Australia.

The Birds of Australia birds first described in this work in 1842 include the Green Pygmy Goose,the Painted Firetail,the Torrent Duck, the Letter-winged Kite and the Welcome Swallow .

Well, between the pygmy geese and those sparse dubious flamingos, there is a sandbank that will show in an hour or so: the water on the far side is brackish and on our side fresh: well, fairly fresh except at huge great high tides.

Some of these species are no longer hunted, and of the 44 indigenous gamebirds that can potentially be utilised on South Africa only three, namely the Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Delegorgues Pigeon and the African Pygmy Goose warrant special protection.

Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus of northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus of Southeast Asia.

African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus of sub-Saharan Africa.

Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus: Anatinae or a Gondwanan clade?

The pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks" in the genus Nettapus which breed in the Old World tropics.

The three species of small waterfowl in the genus Nettapus are named "pygmy geese", e.g. the Cotton Pygmy Goose (N. javanica).

The Cotton Pygmy Goose or Cotton Teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) is a small perching duck which breeds in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, southeast Asia and south to northern Australia.