Common Teal vs Greater White-fronted Goose

Anas crecca 比較対象 Anser albifrons

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Common Teal Greater White-fronted Goose
学名 Anas crecca Anser albifrons
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 36.1 cm (14.2 in) 81.6 cm (32.1 in)
体重 325.0 g (11.46 oz) 2471.0 g (87.16 oz)
食性 Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates; diet dominated by hard-shelled prey in coastal and … Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding …
一腹卵数 8-11 3-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Common Teal only

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Greater White-fronted Goose only

Common Teal

Breeds on boreal and subarctic freshwater marshes, lakes, and bogs across Eurasia. Winters on freshwater lakes, estuaries, rice paddies, and coastal marshes from northwest Europe and Africa east to Southeast Asia.

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

Common Teal

さえずり

Male gives a ringing, bell-like krick call; female produces a soft, descending quack. The male's crystalline high note is a hallmark sound of Eurasian wetlands; flocks produce a musical tinkling …

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

Common Teal

Breeds in sub-Arctic and boreal Canada and Alaska; winters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to southern 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

Common Teal

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

How to Tell Them Apart

Common Teal

羽毛

Males have chestnut head with iridescent green eye patch bordered cream. Gray body with horizontal white shoulder stripe. Cream and black undertail. Females mottled brown. Small and fast-flying. Iridescent green …

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

Common Teal

北半球全域で繁殖する最小のカモの一つ(体長34〜38cm)。雄は栗色の頭部に緑の斑が美しく、雌は茶褐色のまだら模様。Anas crecca(コガモ)は浅い湿地や水田を好み、日本では冬季に全国の水辺で普通に見られる渡り鳥。素早い飛翔と急旋回が特徴で、狩猟対象としても知られる。Anatidae科。

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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