Cotton Pygmy Goose

Nettapus coromandelianus - Anserelle de Coromandel

Anserelle de Coromandel
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Nettapus

  • Species
    :

    coromandelianus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 380 à 439 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Anserelle de Coromandel
♂ adult
Anserelle de Coromandel
♀ adult

Cotton Pygmy Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Nettapus coromandelianus coromandelianus (India to s China, Indonesia and New Guinea)
  • Nettapus coromandelianus albipennis (ne Australia)

Foreign names

  • Anserelle de Coromandel,
  • Gansito asiático,
  • ganso-pigmeu-asiático,
  • Koromandelzwergente,
  • örvös törpelúd,
  • Coromandeleend,
  • Oca pigmea indiana,
  • bomullsdvärgand,
  • Beltedvergand,
  • kačôčka bielohlavá,
  • kachnička obojková,
  • Indisk Dværgand,
  • aasiankääpiösorsa,
  • oca pigmea asiàtica,
  • Laufönd,
  • kaczuszka azjatycka,
  • baltā pundurzoss,
  • komatna račka,
  • Хлопковый блестящий чирок,
  • Trutu hijau,
  • ナンキンオシ,
  • 棉凫,
  • เป็ดคับแค,
  • 棉鴨,

Voice song and cries

Anserelle de Coromandel
♂ adult

Habitat

Anserelle de Coromandel
♂ adult

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 09-07-2011
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