Green Pygmy-goose (Nettapus pulchellus)

Other Names (World)
Green Pygmy-goose, Green Goose, Green Goose-teal, Green Dwarf-goose, Green Teal, Green Pygmy Goose

Family
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Size
34 - 38 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1842

Derivation
Nët'-ta-pus - Gk, netta, duck; Gk, pus (pous), podos, foot: pul-chel'-lus - L., pretty

Habitat
Tropical lagoons, lakes, dams with water-lilies and other semi-emergent waterplants. In the wet season shallower swamps of spike-rush and wild rice.

Range (Guide)

Australia (B), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (B), Timor-Leste (NB).

Southern New Guinea, tropical northern Australia.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 200,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
In pairs or small flocks.

Food
Aquatic animals and plants.

Voice
Male: staccato coo, uttered in flight. Female: a soft quack.

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Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus) [XC97340]
by Marc Anderson from Lake Mitchell, Mount Molloy, Atherton Tableland Qld, Australia (call)

Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus) [XC503285]
by id from Lakeland, Cook Shire, Queensland, Australia (call)

Nest
In a hollow of a tree, sometimes lined with down. Never on the ground.

Eggs (Guide)
8 - 12; hard-shelled, smooth, lustrous cream or white; blunt-ellipsoid; about 44 x 32 mm. Incubation: 26 days; by female.

Young
Precocial, nidifugous.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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