LOCAL NAMES

• Mal Seruwa, මල් සේරුවා, sarcelle, βάσκας, टील, ટીલ, ಟೀಲ್, ടീൽ, टील, чирок, ਟੀਲ, టీల్, بط نهري صغير, কিকি হাঁহ, ধলা বালিহাঁস, ગીજા, गिरिया, गुरगुर्श, ಬಿಳಿಬಾತು, പച്ച എരണ്ട, काणूक, कादंब, गुरगुरणारा तृणहंस, हरिहाँस, குள்ளத்தாரா
• Chinese 棉鴨
• Chinese (SIM) 棉凫
• Croatian crnokapa patka
• Czech kachnička obojková
• Danish Indisk Dværgand
• Dutch Coromandeleend
• English Cotton Pygmy-Goose
• English (India) Cotton Pygmy-Goose (Cotton Teal)
• English (Kenya) Cotton Pygmy Goose
• English (South Africa) Cotton Pygmy Goose
• English (United States) Cotton Pygmy-Goose
• Finnish aasiankääpiösorsa
• French Anserelle de Coromandel
• French (French Guiana) Anserelle de Coromandel
• German Koromandelzwergente
• Greek Ασιατική Πυγμαία Χήνα
• Hebrew אווזון קטן-מקור
• Hungarian Örvös törpelúd
• Icelandic Laufönd
• Indonesian Trutu hijau
• Japanese ナンキンオシ
• Korean 쇠솜털오리
• Lithuanian Baltaskruostė žąselė
• Malayalam പച്ച എരണ്ട
• Marathi काणूक बदक
• Norwegian beltedvergand
• Persian خوتکای گردن‌ سفید
• Polish kaczuszka azjatycka
• Portuguese (Portugal) Gansinho-oriental
• Romanian Gâscă mică indiană
• Russian Хлопковый блестящий чирок
• Serbian Indomalajska patuljasta guska
• Slovak kačôčka bielohlavá
• Slovenian Komatna račka
• Spanish Gansito Asiático
• Spanish (Spain) Gansito asiático
• Swedish bomullsdvärgand
• Thai เป็ดคับแค
• Turkish Pamuk Ördek
• Ukrainian Чирянка-крихітка індійська

DESCRIPTION

Nettapus coromandelianus, The cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal is a small perching duck. Usually seen swimming in freshwater wetlands, including small ponds and farm dams. breeds in Asia, Southeast Asia extending south and east to Queensland where they are sometimes called white-quilled pygmy goose. Male has a bright white head and neck with a dark crown and eyes. Female is plainer, with a strong dark eye-line that does not continue back to the nape. They are among the smallest waterfowl in the world and are found in small to large waterbodies with good aquatic vegetation. Their calls are like … Locally named Mal Seruwa.