Nettapus pulchellus

Gould, 1842 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/Anatidae/Nettapus

At a glance

Occurrence records34 291

Data sources10

Biological traits27

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Nettapus pulchellus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation15 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility34 291 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources27 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF34 291 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.1 Gbp

01Narrative

The green pygmy goose (Nettapus pulchellus) is a small perching duck which breeds in southern New Guinea and northern Australia.Alpher, Barry. 2004. Pama-Nyungan: Phonological Reconstruction and Status as a Phylo-Genetic Group. In Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (eds.), Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, 93-126, 387-574. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology14

Beak depth11.3 mm

Beak length (culmen)27 mm

Beak length (nares)18.4 mm

Beak width11.4 mm

Body mass306 g

Body mass (female)304 g

Body mass (male)310 g

Hand-wing index44.5

Kipp's distance74.4 mm

SVL33 cm

Secondary length92.8 mm

Tail length63.2 mm

Tarsus length25.7 mm

Wing length169 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Egg mass30 g

Litter size10

Litters per year1 /year

Diet & foraging6

Invertebrate10 %

Plant other70 %

Seed20 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheHerbivore aquatic

Water around surface100 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatWetland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleAquatic

Range size1 681 126 km²

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Nettapus pulchellus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Nettapus pulchellus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 115 320 975 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Nettapus pulchellus1.12 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type34 291 records

Wild obs. + sensor33 784

Museum / vouchered294

Other213

Origin

Native25

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO10 876 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy63% within 1 km

≤100 m 2 289≤1 km 1 459≤10 km 1 765>10 km 444

5 957 georeferenced · 27 827 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor33 784

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy9% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 17≤10 km 186

204 georeferenced · 90 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence294

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 11 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Australian National Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	151
Sydney, AU	54
Museums Victorialocation not on record	26
Natick, US	18
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	17
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	9
Philadelphia, US	6
Ann Arbor, US	6
Los Angeles, US	4
NHMOlocation not on record	2
Seattle, US	1

11 institutions · 294 of 294 vouchered records shown

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Nettapus pulchellus

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Size & morphology14

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type34 291 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 11 geolocated

Record type34 291 records