ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Nettapus coromandelianus  

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
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© Vik Dunis 2010
Forest Lake, QLD (Aug, 2010)

A Cotton Pygmy-goose diving for food.

The birds propel themselves upwards first providing added impetus to the dive.

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Male Cotton Pygmy-goose

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Cotton Pygmy-goose

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Cotton Pygmy-goose

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Cotton Pygmy-goose diving

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Cotton Pygmy-goose

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Cotton Pygmy-goose

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Cotton Pygmy-goose

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Male

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Male

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Female

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Cotton Pygmy-geese

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Female Cotton Pygmy-goose

Cotton Pygmy-goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

Male and female