Spotted Whistling-duck vs Cinnamon Teal

Dendrocygna guttata comparado con Spatula cyanoptera

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Spotted Whistling-duck Cinnamon Teal
Nombre científico Dendrocygna guttata Spatula cyanoptera
Orden Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familia Anatidae Anatidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 41,3 cm (16.3 in) 37,5 cm (14.8 in)
Peso 677,5 g (23.90 oz) 406,25 g (14.33 oz)
Dieta Primarily herbivorous; grazes tundra grasses and sedges; winters on coastal marshes and farmland, switching to … Eats seeds, aquatic plants, and invertebrates; dabbles in wetland shallows; broadly omnivorous diet varies with …
Tamaño de la puesta 10-11 4-16
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Spotted Whistling-duck only

Cinnamon Teal only

Ninguno

Spotted Whistling-duck

Freshwater wetlands, rice fields, streams, and forest pools in New Guinea, Sulawesi, the Philippines, and Moluccas. Often found near forested rivers and seasonal swamps at low elevations.

Cinnamon Teal

Freshwater and brackish marshes, ponds, and shallow lakes with emergent vegetation in western North America and wintering in Central and South America. Uses seasonal wetlands and agricultural ponds.

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Song & Call Comparison

Spotted Whistling-duck

Canto

A musical, high whistle similar to other whistling-ducks. Call is softer and less far-carrying than White-faced or Black-bellied species. Given in flight and on water.

Cinnamon Teal

Canto

Male produces a high, whistled peep; female gives a soft quacking rattle. The male's bright whistle punctuates North American and South American wetland dawns during migration.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Spotted Whistling-duck

Ranges widely across sub-Saharan Africa in open woodland and savanna. Largely sedentary with local seasonal movements to water.

Cinnamon Teal

Breeds in Arctic Canada and Alaska; winters on sea ice and coasts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Spotted Whistling-duck

Least Concern

Cinnamon Teal

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How to Tell Them Apart

Spotted Whistling-duck

Plumaje

Dark brown above; head and neck dark brown. Underparts heavily spotted white on dark brown ground, giving spotted appearance. Flanks with bold white spots. Pink-red bill and legs. Sexes similar.

Cinnamon Teal

Plumaje

Males striking; deep cinnamon-red head and body with dark brown back. Red eye. Pale blue forewing and green speculum. Females mottled brown with pale blue forewing. Bill spatulate. Dimorphic western …

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About These Birds

Spotted Whistling-duck

El pato silbador moteado es un pato silbador de Indonesia, Filipinas y Nueva Guinea, fácilmente reconocible por el plumaje marrón oscuro con manchas blancas en los flancos. Habita en bosques húmedos tropicales con estanques, pantanos y arrozales. Como todos los patos silbadores, tiene un llamado silbante característico y postura erguida. Está clasificado como casi amenazado.

Cinnamon Teal

A small duck. Males are brilliant all-over cinnamon-red with a bright blue-grey wing patch and red eye; females are mottled brown. Found in western North America and South America. Breeds in western United States and winters in Central America and South America.

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