Black-headed Duck vs Black Scoter

Heteronetta atricapilla comparado con Melanitta americana

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Black-headed Duck Black Scoter
Nombre científico Heteronetta atricapilla Melanitta americana
Orden Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familia Anatidae Anatidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Near Threatened
Longitud
Envergadura 34,7 cm (13.7 in) 44,0 cm (17.3 in)
Peso 528,5 g (18.64 oz) 1046,1 g (36.90 oz)
Dieta Parasitic; adults may feed on aquatic plants, seeds, and invertebrates in South American marshes. Diet … Dives for molluscs, particularly mussels and clams, in coastal waters. Takes aquatic insects and plant …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 5-11
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Black-headed Duck only

Ninguno

Black Scoter only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Black-headed Duck

Canto

Male gives a soft, raspy peeping note; female produces a muted quack. An obligate brood parasite with reduced vocalizations; subdued calls suit its secretive lifestyle among Argentine reeds.

Black Scoter

Canto

Male produces a low, melodious whistle; female gives a harsh, grating call. Closely related to Common Scoter; voice very similar; heard on North American Pacific and Atlantic coasts in winter.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Black-headed Duck

Resident in southern South America from southern Brazil and Bolivia south to Argentina and Chile. Found on lakes and marshes in open lowlands.

Black Scoter

Breeds in boreal forests and tundra of Alaska and northern Canada. Winters along Pacific and Atlantic coasts south to Baja California and Florida.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Black-headed Duck

Near Threatened

Black Scoter

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black-headed Duck

Plumaje

Male has distinctive jet-black head and neck, warm chestnut-brown back, and pale buff underparts; blue-grey bill with red base. Female is streaked brown above with pale supercilium and whitish underparts.

Black Scoter

Plumaje

Male is pure glossy black throughout with a prominent bright orange-yellow knob at bill base. Female is dark sooty-brown with pale buff cheeks and foreneck contrasting with darker cap and …

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About These Birds

Black-headed Duck

El pato cabeza negra es un pequeño pato buceador (~530 g) de América del Sur, familia Anatidae, y el único miembro del género Heteronetta. Tiene la cabeza negra en el macho y cuerpo marrón. Parásita de nido obligada: pone sus huevos en los nidos de otras aves acuáticas, especialmente fochas y pollas de agua. Habita en lagos y lagunas con vegetación emergente de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay. No cría su propia cría nunca.

Black Scoter

El negrón americano es el homólogo americano del negrón común, del que se diferencia por el color del pico del macho, con un pronunciado gálbulo amarillo-naranja. Cría en la tundra y los bosques boreales de Norteamérica e inverna en las costas del Atlántico y del Pacífico de Estados Unidos. Es relativamente común en sus cuarteles de invierno donde puede verse en grandes bandadas.

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