Family

Anatidae

Description

Male: glossy green-black head, neck and upperparts, large white cheek-patch, grey-white below. Bill black, tipped pink. Female and Immature: duller, faint white eyebrow. Cheeks and underparts grey-white.

Habits

Diurnal, Tend to stay in one area. When disturbed they spring from the water and fly fast and low before skidding down onto the water again. Young birds escape danger by diving and hiding beneath the leaves of water lilies

Habitat

Wetlands, Lagoons ponds and wetlands, inland waters; floodplains. Paperbark forests provide ideal nesting sites.

Breeding

January to March, 4 to11; creamy white, nest grass lined with feathers in a tree or reeds in water. Females incubate the eggs for about 26 days

Parks

Kakadu National Park

Diet

Omnivore, Aquatic animals and plants. Seeds and buds of water lilies, but also grasses and pond weeds.

Details

Common Name: Green Pygmy-Goose Scientific Name: Nettapus pulchellus
Sub Order: Unavailable Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves Category: Native
Status: Least Concern Size: Male 305-360

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