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Anserelle de Coromandel
Cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal 
(Le khoang cổ, Nettapus coromandelianus)

L'Anserelle de Coromandel (Nettapus coromandelianus), aussi appelée oie pygmée de Coromandel ou sarcelle de Coromandel1, est une espèce d'oiseaux de la famille des Anatidae.

anser: mot latin anser oie;
anas, anatis: mot latin pour canard.
Nettapus: grec ancien nētta: "canard" and pous: "pied, patte".
coromandelianus: la côte de Coromandel (= Karnataka), l'Indie.

Cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal 
(Le khoang cổ, Nettapus coromandelianus)

The cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) is a small perching duck which breeds in Asia, Southeast Asia extending south and east to Queensland where they are sometimes called white-quilled pygmy goose.

anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
Nettapus: Ancient Greek nētta meaning "duck" and pous meaning "foot".
coromandelianus: Coromandel Coast (= Karnataka), India.

The pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks" in the genus Nettapus which breed in the Old World tropics. The genus Nettapus name is from Ancient Greek nētta meaning "duck" and pous meaning "foot".

1/ Cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal (Le khoang cổ, Nettapus coromandelianus)

Le genre Nettapus (les anserelles) comprend trois espèces d'oiseaux aquatiques de la famille des Anatidae.

1/ Anserelle de Coromandel
Cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal (Le khoang cổ, Nettapus coromandelianus)