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Green Pygmy Goose, Green Goose, Green Dwarf-Goose Bird Family : Anserini - Geese, atypical ducks & pygmy-geese ...
Smallest = Indian Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Largest = Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator The Anhimidae = Screamers ...
The three species of small waterfowl in the genus Nettapus are named "pygmy geese", e.g. the Cotton Pygmy Goose (N. javanica). They seem to represent an ancient lineage like the Cape Barren Goose and the Spur-winged Goose.
See also: Goose, Swan goose, Egyptian goose, Swan, Magpie
 
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