Common Teal vs Mandarinente
Anas crecca verglichen mit Aix galericulata
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Merkmal | Common Teal | Mandarinente |
|---|---|---|
| Wissenschaftlicher Name | Anas crecca | Aix galericulata |
| Ordnung | Anseriformes | Anseriformes |
| Familie | Anatidae | Anatidae |
| Erhaltungsstatus | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Länge | — | 44,0 cm (17.3 in) |
| Flügelspannweite | 36,1 cm (14.2 in) | 70,0 cm (27.6 in) |
| Gewicht | 325,0 g (11.46 oz) | 570,0 g (20.11 oz) |
| Ernährung | Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates; diet dominated by hard-shelled prey in coastal and … | Seeds, acorns, grains, aquatic plants, insects, snails, and small fish. Forages by dabbling, walking, and … |
| Gelegegröße | 8-11 | 7-14 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Size Comparison
Habitat Comparison
Common Teal
Breeds on boreal and subarctic freshwater marshes, lakes, and bogs across Eurasia. Winters on freshwater lakes, estuaries, rice paddies, and coastal marshes from northwest Europe and Africa east to Southeast Asia.
Mandarinente
Wooded lakes, rivers, and ponds surrounded by dense forest. Unlike most ducks, regularly perches in trees and nests in tree cavities.
Song & Call Comparison
Common Teal
Male gives a ringing, bell-like krick call; female produces a soft, descending quack. The male's crystalline high note is a hallmark sound of Eurasian wetlands; flocks produce a musical tinkling …
Mandarinente
Male gives a low whistled 'hib' or 'weep'. Female utters a soft quacking 'kek'. Generally quiet and secretive. No loud territorial song; vocalizations subtle and brief.
Geographic Range & Migration
Common Teal
Breeds in sub-Arctic and boreal Canada and Alaska; winters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to southern California.
Mandarinente
Native to East Asia including eastern Russia, China, Japan, and Korea. Feral populations established in Britain and western Europe.
Erhaltungsstatus
Common Teal
Mandarinente
How to Tell Them Apart
Common Teal
Males have chestnut head with iridescent green eye patch bordered cream. Gray body with horizontal white shoulder stripe. Cream and black undertail. Females mottled brown. Small and fast-flying. Iridescent green …
Mandarinente
Breeding males have an elaborate pattern of orange, green, white, and purple with distinctive orange sail feathers on the back. Females are grey-brown with a white eye-ring and stripe.
Small red bill in breeding males, pinkish in females
About These Birds
Common Teal
A small compact dabbling duck. Males have a chestnut head with a broad metallic green eye-stripe, finely vermiculated grey body, and buff-yellow undertail coverts. The smallest regularly occurring dabbling duck in Europe. Highly migratory and one of the most abundant teal worldwide.
Mandarinente
Die Mandarinente gilt weithin als die schönste Ente der Welt. In der ostasiatischen Kultur symbolisiert sie Liebe und Treue, da sie feste Paarbindungen eingeht. Anders als die meisten Enten nistet die Mandarinente in Baumhöhlen bis zu 9 Meter über dem Boden, sodass die erst einen Tag alten Küken zu Boden springen müssen.