Campbell Teal vs Wandering Whistling-duck

Anas nesiotis comparado con Dendrocygna arcuata

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Campbell Teal Wandering Whistling-duck
Nombre científico Anas nesiotis Dendrocygna arcuata
Orden Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familia Anatidae Anatidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 24,4 cm (9.6 in) 37,2 cm (14.6 in)
Peso 358,75 g (12.65 oz) 779,5 g (27.50 oz)
Dieta -- Eats grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants in tundra; winter diet of coastal salt marsh grasses …
Tamaño de la puesta 5-6 6-15
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Campbell Teal only

Wandering Whistling-duck only

Campbell Teal

Restricted to Campbell Island and Dent Island in the subantarctic New Zealand group. Dense tussock grassland, rocky shores, and freshwater streams. Nocturnal or crepuscular. Highly sedentary.

Wandering Whistling-duck

Tropical freshwater marshes, flooded grasslands, swamps, and lake margins from the Philippines and Indonesia through Papua New Guinea to northern and eastern Australia. Nomadic following wet season flooding.

Song & Call Comparison

Campbell Teal

Canto

Female produces a very soft quacking note; male gives a faint squeak. Near-silent; rarely vocalizes; the reduced call apparatus mirrors the species' severely limited wingspan and near-flightlessness.

Wandering Whistling-duck

Canto

A soft whistle 'whi-whi-whi' in flight. Less vocal than other whistling-ducks; flocks tend to be quieter. Given at dawn and dusk during flight to roosting or feeding areas.

Geographic Range & Migration

Campbell Teal

Wandering Whistling-duck

Breeds in Arctic and subarctic regions; winters at sea around the Antarctic pack ice, one of the longest migrations known.

Estado de conservación

Vulnerable

Campbell Teal

Least Concern

Wandering Whistling-duck

How to Tell Them Apart

Campbell Teal

Plumaje

Very dark brown plumage; males have iridescent green head gloss and white eye-ring. Females dark brown with white eye-ring. Flightless; tiny vestigial wings. Recovered from near-extinction on Campbell Island, New …

Wandering Whistling-duck

Plumaje

Rich chestnut-brown head and neck; dark brown back. Flanks rufous with pale buff streaks and dark spots. Belly blackish. Long, dark pinkish legs. Upright posture typical of whistling-ducks. Sexes similar.

About These Birds

Campbell Teal

A tiny flightless teal with dark brown plumage in females and males with greenish-black head. Endemic to Campbell Island, New Zealand. Nearly extinct; reintroduced after eradication of Norway rats from the island. Nocturnal; feeds on invertebrates at freshwater sources.

Wandering Whistling-duck

El pato silbador vagabundo es un pato silbador de distribución amplia en las regiones tropicales de Asia y el Pacífico, desde Borneo e Indonesia hasta Nueva Guinea y Australia. Tiene plumaje castaño con blanco y negro en los flancos. Habita en humedales tropicales, pantanos, lagunas, estanques y arrozales. Es una especie nómada que sigue las lluvias en busca de humedales.

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