Yellow-billed Teal vs American Black Duck

Anas flavirostris 比較対象 Anas rubripes

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Yellow-billed Teal American Black Duck
学名 Anas flavirostris Anas rubripes
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 38.2 cm (15.0 in) 53.4 cm (21.0 in)
体重 609.0 g (21.48 oz) 1211.25 g (42.73 oz)
食性 Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet dominated by … Eats fish and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet shifts toward molluscs …
一腹卵数 5-13 1-17
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Yellow-billed Teal only

American Black Duck only

Yellow-billed Teal

Freshwater lakes, marshes, rivers, and bogs from sea level to 4,500 m across South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to Tierra del Fuego. Common at high-altitude Andean lakes and puna wetlands.

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

Yellow-billed Teal

さえずり

Male utters a high-pitched, clear whistle; female gives a soft, muffled quack. Quiet calls suit the high-altitude Andean wetlands where this teal forages in shallow freshwater.

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

Yellow-billed Teal

Breeds in northern Canada and Alaska; winters on the Atlantic coast from Labrador to South Carolina and in Chesapeake Bay.

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

Least Concern

Yellow-billed Teal

Least Concern

American Black Duck

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How to Tell Them Apart

Yellow-billed Teal

羽毛

Brownish-gray body finely mottled with dark spots. Diagnostic bright yellow bill with dark culmen stripe. Speculum iridescent green. Head grayish-brown, slightly darker crown. Sexes similar. Andean and Patagonian lakes.

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

Yellow-billed Teal

チリティールは南米に広く分布する小型のカモです。黄色い嘴が特徴で、アンデス山脈の高地湖沼から低地の湿地まで幅広い生息環境に適応しています。水草、種子、無脊椎動物を採食します。比較的環境への適応力が高く、農業景観内の水域にも生息します。

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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