Nettapus coromandelianus
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In 3 days ~10%
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.
The cotton pygmy goose was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the ducks, swans and geese in the genus Anas and coined the binomial name Anas coromandeliana. Gmelin based his description on "La Sarcelle de Coromandel" that had been described in 1783 by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. Hand-coloured plates had been published separately. The cotton pygmy goose is now one of three species placed in the genus Nettapus... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 6 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 7 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 9 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 10 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 12 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 16 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disney's Animal Kingdom | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | SeaWorld Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Prague Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 4 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Singapore Zoo | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 8 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 9 | Akron Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Bird Paradise | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 11 | El Paso Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Rainforest Wild Asia | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 14 | Discovery Cove | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 15 | Rákosův pavilon | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 16 | Velemlokárium | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cotton Pygmy-Goose sighting in Coimbatore on a given day, based on 87 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 132nd most-seen of the 201 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cotton Pygmy-Goose in Coimbatore on a given day, against under 5% in January to November, the lowest months. That is one of Coimbatore's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 190 mm in October.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cotton Pygmy-Goose sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
20th of 38
Of the 38 cities where we can rate Cotton Pygmy-Goose sightings, Coimbatore ranks 20th at under 5%. The best odds are in Ponnani (India, about 20%), Indore (India, about 20%) and Durg (India, about 20%).
Same family: Anatidae
The closest relatives of the Cotton Pygmy-Goose that you can see in Coimbatore (family Anatidae, Ducks, Geese, and Swans) are Indian Spot-billed Duck (about 50%) and Lesser Whistling-Duck (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cotton Pygmy-Goose is recorded against all the birds logged in Coimbatore (87 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
