Green-winged Teal vs Greater White-fronted Goose

Anas carolinensis 比較対象 Anser albifrons

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Green-winged Teal Greater White-fronted Goose
学名 Anas carolinensis Anser albifrons
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 35.0 cm (13.8 in) 81.6 cm (32.1 in)
体重 330.5 g (11.66 oz) 2471.0 g (87.16 oz)
食性 Eats aquatic invertebrates, molluscs, and seeds; dives in shallow water; diet shifts between invertebrates and … Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding …
一腹卵数 -- 3-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Green-winged Teal only

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Greater White-fronted Goose only

Green-winged Teal

Breeds on boreal and subarctic wetlands across North America. Winters on freshwater marshes, coastal estuaries, rice paddies, and shallow wetlands from the southern United States to Central America and the Caribbean.

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

Green-winged Teal

さえずり

Male produces a high, clear krick call; female gives a subdued quack. Closely related to Common Teal; male's ringing call punctuates North American freshwater marshes in spring.

Greater White-fronted Goose

さえずり

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Green-winged Teal

Breeds in Arctic regions; winters at sea across the North Pacific, from Alaska to Japan and northern California.

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.

保全状況

Least Concern

Green-winged Teal

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

How to Tell Them Apart

Green-winged Teal

羽毛

Males have chestnut head with iridescent green eye patch; gray body; vertical white shoulder stripe (vs. horizontal in Common Teal). Cream and black undertail. Females mottled brown. Smallest North American …

Greater White-fronted Goose

羽毛

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 …

About These Birds

Green-winged Teal

グリーンウィングティールは北米に繁殖するコガモに近縁の小型カモです。雄は栗色の頭部と緑色の翼斑が特徴です。内陸の湿地、池、湖に生息し、秋には大きな群れで南方に渡ります。水草の種子、昆虫、甲殻類などを採食します。北米で最もよく見られる狩猟鳥の一つです。

Greater White-fronted Goose

北極圏で繁殖し、温帯で越冬する大型のガン(体長64〜81cm)。成鳥は白い額と黒い腹部の横縞が特徴。Anser albifrons(マガン)は東アジア、ヨーロッパ、北米の広大な農地や湿地で越冬する。日本では宮城県伊豆沼などが重要な越冬地で、数万羽が集まる壮観な光景が見られる。Anatidae科。

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