Mandarinente vs South African Shelduck

Aix galericulata verglichen mit Tadorna cana

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Mandarinente South African Shelduck
Wissenschaftlicher Name Aix galericulata Tadorna cana
Ordnung Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familie Anatidae Anatidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge 44,0 cm (17.3 in)
Flügelspannweite 70,0 cm (27.6 in) 69,0 cm (27.2 in)
Gewicht 570,0 g (20.11 oz) 1323,6666666666667 g (46.69 oz)
Ernährung Seeds, acorns, grains, aquatic plants, insects, snails, and small fish. Forages by dabbling, walking, and … Eats seeds, aquatic plants, and invertebrates; dabbles in shallow water; diet more invertebrate-heavy in breeding …
Gelegegröße 7-14 4-11
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Mandarinente 44,0 cm
South African Shelduck
Flügelspannweite
Mandarinente 70,0 cm
South African Shelduck 69,0 cm
Gewicht
Mandarinente 570,0 g
South African Shelduck 1323,6666666666667 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Mandarinente only

South African Shelduck only

Mandarinente

Wooded lakes, rivers, and ponds surrounded by dense forest. Unlike most ducks, regularly perches in trees and nests in tree cavities.

South African Shelduck

Inland freshwater and saline lakes, pans, dams, and rivers across southern Africa, primarily on the South African plateau, Lesotho, and Namibia. Nests in burrows dug by aardvark. Highly terrestrial for a shelduck.

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Song & Call Comparison

Mandarinente

Gesang

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.

South African Shelduck

Gesang

Male gives a whistled 'wheeu'; female gives a harsh, descending cackle. Calls from South African wetlands and vleis. Sexual dimorphism in call is strong.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Mandarinente

Native to East Asia including eastern Russia, China, Japan, and Korea. Feral populations established in Britain and western Europe.

South African Shelduck

Breeds in subarctic Eurasia and winters in sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Mandarinente

Least Concern

South African Shelduck

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How to Tell Them Apart

Mandarinente

Gefieder

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.

Schnabel

Small red bill in breeding males, pinkish in females

South African Shelduck

Gefieder

Males have gray head and neck; rufous-brown body with white wing coverts and green speculum. Females similar but with white facial markings around bill and eye. Body rich rufous-chestnut. Endemic …

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About These Birds

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.

South African Shelduck

A large shelduck with a grey head in males or white-and-grey head with white facial patches in females, orange-brown body, and white wing coverts. Endemic to southern Africa. Common on inland freshwater and saline lakes across South Africa's interior plateau.

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