Cotton Pygmy-Goose
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Cotton Pygmy-Goose

Nettapus coromandelianus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Minneriya National Park
1 Verified records at Minneriya National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) is a small perching duck which breeds in South and Southeast Asia extending to Queensland in Australia where they are sometimes called white-quilled pygmy goose. They are among the smallest waterfowl in the world and are found in small to large waterbodies with good aquatic vegetation. They are usually seen in pairs or larger groups of pairs, roosting and nesting on trees near water. They are strong fliers and are known to disperse widely, especially in winter. Their breeding season coincides with the rains. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Minneriya National Park

Lesser Whistling-Duck
LC

Lesser Whistling-Duck

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Dendrocygna javanica

10–20% · With luck
Mallard
LC

Mallard

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anas platyrhynchos

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Cotton Pygmy-Goose at Minneriya National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
2 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
3 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
4 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
5 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
6 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
5–10%
7 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
10 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
11 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
13 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
14 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
15 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
16 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
17 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
18 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
19 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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