Asian Cotton Pygmy Goose

This is an Cotton Pygmy Goose that was floating in a pond of water lilies on a lovely sunny day. 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. Small individuals of this species are the smallest waterfowl on earth. Its food is chiefly seeds and vegetable matter, especially water lilies; also insects, crustaceans, etc.

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