Indian Spot-billed Duck vs Black Swan

Anas poecilorhyncha 比較対象 Cygnus atratus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Indian Spot-billed Duck Black Swan
学名 Anas poecilorhyncha Cygnus atratus
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長 130.0 cm (51.2 in)
翼開長 54.4 cm (21.4 in) 190.0 cm (74.8 in)
体重 1220.0 g (43.03 oz) 6200.0 g (218.70 oz)
食性 Dives for fish and aquatic invertebrates in clear cold streams; serrated bill adapted for catching … Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow …
一腹卵数 6-12 4-6
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Indian Spot-billed Duck
Black Swan 130.0 cm
翼開長
Indian Spot-billed Duck 54.4 cm
Black Swan 190.0 cm
体重
Indian Spot-billed Duck 1220.0 g
Black Swan 6200.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Indian Spot-billed Duck only

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Black Swan only

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Indian Spot-billed Duck

Freshwater lakes, rivers, marshes, rice paddies, and tanks across the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia. Common near human habitation. Largely sedentary with some local seasonal movement.

Black Swan

Lakes, rivers, swamps, and coastal waters across Australia. Also found in ornamental lakes in parks.

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Song & Call Comparison

Indian Spot-billed Duck

さえずり

Female gives a loud, emphatic quacking series; male produces a raspy rehb note. Calls are Mallard-like but slightly lower; flocks create a cacophonous quacking chorus on Indian lakes.

Black Swan

さえずり

Gives a musical bugling 'boo-boo-boo' in flight and softer honking on water. Less vocal than Mute Swan; produces a baying call when alarmed. Wings whistle softly in flight.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Resident in freshwater lakes and rivers across Southeast Asia, from Myanmar to Indonesia and the Philippines.

Black Swan

Australia, primarily in the southeast and southwest. Introduced populations in New Zealand, Japan, and western Europe.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Least Concern

Black Swan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Indian Spot-billed Duck

羽毛

Large brownish duck with pale face and distinctive yellow-tipped black bill with red basal spot. Dark cap and eye stripe. Iridescent green speculum with white border. White tertials visible at …

Black Swan

羽毛

Almost entirely black with white flight feathers visible in flight. Red bill with a white band near the tip. Dark red to reddish-brown iris.

くちばし

Bright red bill with a pale tip and prominent white band

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About These Birds

Indian Spot-billed Duck

ハシブトガモはインド亜大陸から中国、日本にかけて分布するカモです。嘴の先端が黄色く、赤いパッチがあるのが名前の由来です。湿地、稲田、川、湖に生息し、水草や農作物の種子なども採食します。日本では留鳥として全国的に見られます。

Black Swan

コクチョウはかつてすべての白鳥は白いと信じていたヨーロッパ人に不可能と考えられており、帰納的推論の失敗の有名な哲学的な例となっている。西オーストラリア州の州の鳥。コクチョウは生涯続く番いの絆を形成し、両親が共同で抱卵と雛の世話を行う。

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