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Cotton pygmy goose/Cotton teal

Nettapus coromandelianus

Description:

Smallest of waterfowl, Cotton teal is about 25cm. long. Predominantly white with metallic blue-green wing feathers on male. Mainly a vegetarian even though sometimes take small crustaceans.

Habitat:

Inundated paddy fields, ponds and backwaters.

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sunnyjosef
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sunnyjosef

Kerala, India

Spotted on Aug 25, 2014
Submitted on Aug 25, 2014

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