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Green Pygmy Goose

Nettapus pulchellus

Photo by RachaelB
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Male has greenish black crown, neck and back, with distinctive white face patches, grey-barred white flanks and whitish belly. Female browner above, with a blackish streak through the eye, with a white face, smoky neck and grey-barred flanks.

Notes:

Male pictured leading the way, female following behind.

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