Species profile—Nettapus coromandelianus (cotton pygmy-goose)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) → Nettapus coromandelianus (cotton pygmy-goose)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans)
- Scientific name
- Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin, 1789)
- Common name
- cotton pygmy-goose
- Type reference
- Gmelin, G.F. (1789). Systema Naturae, & c. Linneai, Caroli. Edito decima tertia, aucta reformata, cura J. F. Gmelin.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1982
- Alternate name(s)
- cotton teal
cotton pygmy goose
white-quilled pygmy-goose - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1982.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
