Species Nettapus (Cheniscus) pulchellus Gould, 1842

• Nettapus pulchellus Gould, J. 1842. The Birds of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 7(6) pp. (pl. 4).

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANSP 5972 Skin, Port Essington, Northern Territory; ANSP 5973 Skin, Port Essington, Northern Territory.

  Type locality references:

  Ingersoll, A.W. & Fisher, C.T. 2006. Type specimens of birds in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Draft. pp. 1-355 [16].
• Cheniscus pulchellus rogersi Mathews, 1916.

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH AMNH 732892 Skin, Parry's Creek, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [14] (Green Pygmy-goose, Goose Teal, Green Dwarf Goose, Green Goose, Green Goose-teal, Green Teal, Pygmy Goose)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [15] (Green Pygmy-goose)

International Ornithological Committee 2003. List of International English Names of Birds of the World. (Green Pygmy-goose)

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