Pygmy goose

African Pygmy Goose
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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