Green-winged Teal vs Mandarin Duck

Anas carolinensis 比較対象 Aix galericulata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Green-winged Teal Mandarin Duck
学名 Anas carolinensis Aix galericulata
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長 44.0 cm (17.3 in)
翼開長 35.0 cm (13.8 in) 70.0 cm (27.6 in)
体重 330.5 g (11.66 oz) 570.0 g (20.11 oz)
食性 Eats aquatic invertebrates, molluscs, and seeds; dives in shallow water; diet shifts between invertebrates and … Seeds, acorns, grains, aquatic plants, insects, snails, and small fish. Forages by dabbling, walking, and …
一腹卵数 -- 7-14
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Green-winged Teal
Mandarin Duck 44.0 cm
翼開長
Green-winged Teal 35.0 cm
Mandarin Duck 70.0 cm
体重
Green-winged Teal 330.5 g
Mandarin Duck 570.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Green-winged Teal only

Mandarin Duck 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.

Mandarin Duck

Wooded lakes, rivers, and ponds surrounded by dense forest. Unlike most ducks, regularly perches in trees and nests in tree cavities.

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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.

Mandarin Duck

さえずり

Male gives a low whistled 'hib' or 'weep'. Female utters a soft quacking 'kek'. Generally quiet and secretive. No loud territorial song; vocalizations subtle and brief.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Green-winged Teal

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

Mandarin Duck

Native to East Asia including eastern Russia, China, Japan, and Korea. Feral populations established in Britain and western Europe.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Green-winged Teal

Least Concern

Mandarin Duck

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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 …

Mandarin Duck

羽毛

Breeding males have an elaborate pattern of orange, green, white, and purple with distinctive orange sail feathers on the back. Females are grey-brown with a white eye-ring and stripe.

くちばし

Small red bill in breeding males, pinkish in females

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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。

Mandarin Duck

オシドリ。東アジア原産の美しいカモ。雄は鮮やかなオレンジ色の「帆羽」と複雑な羽毛模様が特徴的。体長41〜49cm。森林の池や川に生息し、樹洞に巣を作る。ドングリや水草を食べる。低危険種。

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