Sunday 29 April 2018

Cotton Pygmy-goose

Order - Anseriformes
Family - Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
Cotton Pygmy-goose
Nettapus coromandelianus
棉凫 (mián fú)

    Malay : Belebas Kapas
    Japanese : ナンキンオシ (nankin oshi)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 南京鴛鴦



    Size : 30–38 cm; 
             Male c. 255–312 g, Female c. 185–255 g (coromandelianus),
             Male 311–495 g, Female 255–439 g (albipennis)
    
    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Nettapus coromandelianus coromandelianus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
    – most of Oriental Region; N New Guinea.
  • Nettapus coromandelianus albipennis (Gould, 1842)
    – E Australia (mainly E Queensland).

Nettapus coromandelianus ssp. coromandelianus
Date : 02 July 2017
Location : Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Bidor, Daerah Batang Padang, Perak


Nettapus coromandelianus ssp. coromandelianus
Date : 02 July 2017
Location : Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Bidor, Daerah Batang Padang, Perak

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