American Black Duck vs Canvasback

Anas rubripes 比較対象 Aythya valisineria

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 American Black Duck Canvasback
学名 Anas rubripes Aythya valisineria
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 53.4 cm (21.0 in) 44.7 cm (17.6 in)
体重 1211.25 g (42.73 oz) 1223.25 g (43.15 oz)
食性 -- Eats molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet dominated by …
一腹卵数 1-17 2-16
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

American Black Duck only

Canvasback only

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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.

Canvasback

Breeds on prairie potholes and boreal lakes across western North America. Winters on large open lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, and Chesapeake Bay. Sensitive to loss of prairie wetlands.

Song & Call Comparison

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.

Canvasback

さえずり

Male produces a low, cooing purr; female gives a harsh, rolling quacking series. Males whisper-call in rolling, cooing notes during courtship; female's harsh quacking is emphatic on North American marshes.

Geographic Range & Migration

American Black Duck

Canvasback

Breeds in wooded wetlands of Canada and the northern United States; winters in the southern US and Central America.

保全状況

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Canvasback

How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Canvasback

羽毛

Males have rich chestnut-red head and neck; black breast; pale canvas-gray body; white flanks. Sloping forehead profile with dark red bill and red eye. Females gray-brown with reddish-brown head. Dimorphic …

About These Birds

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。

Canvasback

キャンバスバックは北米に分布する大型の潜水性カモです。雄は鮮やかな赤褐色の頭部と赤い目、白い体が特徴的です。内陸の湖や湿地に繁殖し、冬季には湾岸や大きな湖に集まります。イモチウキゴモ(Vallisneria)の塊茎を好んで潜って採食します。

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