Reunion Shelduck vs American Black Duck

Alopochen kervazoi 比較対象 Anas rubripes

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Reunion Shelduck American Black Duck
学名 Alopochen kervazoi Anas rubripes
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Extinct Least Concern
体長
翼開長 53.4 cm (21.0 in)
体重 1211.25 g (42.73 oz)
食性 Extinct Reunion shelduck; likely fed on grasses, seeds, and aquatic invertebrates near coastal wetlands based … Eats fish and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet shifts toward molluscs …
一腹卵数 -- 1-17
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Reunion Shelduck only

None

American Black Duck only

Reunion Shelduck

Historically restricted to Réunion Island in the Mascarene archipelago. Now extinct; last evidence from early colonial period. Presumably inhabited freshwater wetland habitats on the island.

American Black Duck

Freshwater and brackish wetlands in eastern North America from Atlantic Canada south along the coast to Georgia. Breeds in northern bogs and wetlands. Winters on coastal marshes, estuaries, and freshwater lakes.

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Song & Call Comparison

Reunion Shelduck

さえずり

Extinct (EX); no vocalizations recorded. The Reunion Shelduck was exterminated soon after European contact. No contemporary accounts of its call survive in the historical record.

American Black Duck

さえずり

Female produces a loud, deep quacking series; male gives a low, raspy grunt. Voice is deeper and huskier than a Mallard; pairs call powerfully across northeastern North American wetlands.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Reunion Shelduck

Formerly found across the Pacific from Hawaii to New Zealand. Extinct by the 19th century; survived late on uninhabited islands.

American Black Duck

Breeds in the steppe zone of Central Asia; winters in South Asia, East Africa, and coastal Southeast Asia.

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保全状況

Extinct

Reunion Shelduck

Least Concern

American Black Duck

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How to Tell Them Apart

Reunion Shelduck

羽毛

Extinct Mascarene species known only from subfossil bones found on Réunion. Plumage unrecorded; presumed similar to Egyptian Goose with brownish-gray tones. Extirpated following European colonization.

American Black Duck

羽毛

Sooty dark brown body; head and neck paler buff with dark streaking. Iridescent purple speculum without white border. Males have yellow-green bill; females olive with orange blotches. Silvery underwings in …

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About These Birds

Reunion Shelduck

An extinct shelduck formerly endemic to Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Known only from subfossil bones and brief historical records from the 17th century. Went extinct shortly after European colonization. No illustrations or detailed physical description of the living bird is known.

American Black Duck

北米東部の湿地、沼、河川に生息するカモ(体長53〜61cm)。全体的に暗褐色でマガモの雌に似るが、嘴の色や翼鏡の色が異なる。Anas rubripes(アメリカクロガモ)は海岸の塩性湿地から内陸の淡水域まで幅広く利用し、マガモとの雑種が多く観察される。Anatidae科。

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