Greater White-fronted Goose vs Surf Scoter

Anser albifrons comparado con Melanitta perspicillata

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Greater White-fronted Goose Surf Scoter
Nombre científico Anser albifrons Melanitta perspicillata
Orden Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familia Anatidae Anatidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 81,6 cm (32.1 in) 45,3 cm (17.8 in)
Peso 2471,0 g (87.16 oz) 1019,75 g (35.97 oz)
Dieta Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding … Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and herring spawn in coastal waters. Uses its distinctive swollen bill …
Tamaño de la puesta 3-9 5-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Greater White-fronted Goose only

Surf Scoter only

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds on Arctic and subarctic tundra and peatlands. Winters on estuaries, agricultural fields, freshwater marshes, and flooded meadows across Europe, Asia, and North America. One of the most widespread geese.

Song & Call Comparison

Greater White-fronted Goose

Canto

A loud, laughing 'kow-lyuk' or musical 'wah-wah'. Gives a distinctive high-pitched yodeling quality lacking in Greylag. Highly vocal in large winter flocks.

Surf Scoter

Canto

Male produces a low, gurgling burble; female gives a crow-like, guttural cawing. The female's rasping, crow-like call is startling; males make soft, liquid gurgling notes during courtship.

Geographic Range & Migration

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds in the potholes region of the northern Great Plains; winters in the southern United States and along the Gulf Coast.

Surf Scoter

Breeds in boreal forests and tundra of northern North America. Winters along Pacific and Atlantic coasts south to Baja California and the Carolinas.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

Least Concern

Surf Scoter

How to Tell Them Apart

Greater White-fronted Goose

Plumaje

Brown-gray body with white forehead patch bordered by white band at bill base. Underparts with bold irregular black bars on belly. Orange bill; orange-yellow legs. Juveniles lack white front and …

Surf Scoter

Plumaje

Male is entirely glossy black except for white patches on forehead and nape; bill tricolored orange, red, and white with black spot. Female sooty-brown with two white facial patches.

About These Birds

Greater White-fronted Goose

El ánsar careto o ganso careto mayor es un ganso mediano de color pardo con una llamativa mancha blanca en la frente y barras negras en el vientre. Tiene un amplio rango de cría en la tundra ártica del hemisferio norte y migra a zonas templadas de Europa, Asia y América del Norte para pasar el invierno, donde a menudo se reúne en grandes bandadas en campos agrícolas.

Surf Scoter

El negrón careto es un pato marino de América del Norte en el que el macho es enteramente negro excepto por un parche blanco en la nuca y manchas blancas a ambos lados del pico multicolor. Cría en lagos interiores y estanques de bosques boreales y tundra, e inverna en costas marinas. Su hábitat marino es el océano Atlántico y el Pacífico.

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