Ringed Teal vs Stockente

Callonetta leucophrys verglichen mit Anas platyrhynchos

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Ringed Teal Stockente
Wissenschaftlicher Name Callonetta leucophrys Anas platyrhynchos
Ordnung Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familie Anatidae Anatidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge 58,0 cm (22.8 in)
Flügelspannweite 33,8 cm (13.3 in) 90,0 cm (35.4 in)
Gewicht 345,0 g (12.17 oz) 1100,0 g (38.80 oz)
Ernährung Eats seeds, plant material, and aquatic invertebrates; filter-feeds in shallow water; broadly omnivorous and seasonally … Omnivorous — aquatic plants, seeds, insects, crustaceans, and mollusks. Feeds by dabbling, upending, and grazing …
Gelegegröße 6-12 4-18
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Ringed Teal
Stockente 58,0 cm
Flügelspannweite
Ringed Teal 33,8 cm
Stockente 90,0 cm
Gewicht
Ringed Teal 345,0 g
Stockente 1100,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Ringed Teal only

Stockente only

Ringed Teal

Subtropical forests, gallery woodlands, and wooded wetland margins in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. Nests in tree hollows near water. Requires forested streams and rivers.

Stockente

Nearly any wetland habitat including lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes, estuaries, and urban park ponds.

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Song & Call Comparison

Ringed Teal

Gesang

Male utters a soft, high-pitched squeak; female gives a low, grunting kow note. Courtship involves quiet twittering exchanges between pairs in South American gallery forests.

Stockente

Gesang

Female gives the classic 'quack-quack-quack', descending in pitch. Male utters soft nasal 'raeb-raeb'. Both give a high 'gag-gag-gag' when alarmed or taking flight.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Ringed Teal

Breeds in the southern Palearctic from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia; winters mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.

Stockente

Native across the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia. Introduced to Australia and New Zealand.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Ringed Teal

Least Concern

Stockente

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How to Tell Them Apart

Ringed Teal

Gefieder

Males have gray head with black crown; pink breast with black spots; chestnut back; buff-white flanks with fine barring. White facial blaze. Females brown with pale supercilium and white spots …

Stockente

Gefieder

Breeding males have an iridescent green head, white neck ring, chestnut breast, and grey body. Females are mottled brown. Both sexes show a blue speculum bordered by white.

Schnabel

Broad, flat bill — yellow-green in males, orange-brown in females

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About These Birds

Ringed Teal

A small ornate teal. Males have a pink-chestnut breast, grey flanks, and grey-brown back with dark green speculum; females are brown with distinctive white eye-ring and spotted flanks. Found in subtropical forests of South America. Nests in tree cavities. Perches and roosts in trees.

Stockente

Die Stockente ist die Stammform der meisten Hausentenrassen und die häufigste und am weitesten verbreitete Schwimmente der Welt. Erpel zeigen aufwendige Balzrituale, darunter Kopfnicken und pfeifend-grunzende Rufe. Stockenten sind äußerst anpassungsfähig und gedeihen sowohl in der Wildnis als auch in städtischen Lebensräumen.

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