Greater White-fronted Goose vs Falkland Steamerduck

Anser albifrons 比較対象 Tachyeres brachypterus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Greater White-fronted Goose Falkland Steamerduck
学名 Anser albifrons Tachyeres brachypterus
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 81.6 cm (32.1 in) 49.0 cm (19.3 in)
体重 2471.0 g (87.16 oz) 3799.0 g (134.01 oz)
食性 Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding … --
一腹卵数 3-9 4-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Greater White-fronted Goose only

Falkland Steamerduck only

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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.

Falkland Steamerduck

Exclusive to rocky coasts, sheltered coves, kelp beds, and sea inlets of the Falkland Islands. Flightless; strictly coastal. One of the few bird species entirely endemic to the Falkland Islands.

Song & Call Comparison

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.

Falkland Steamerduck

さえずり

Similar to Magellanic Steamerduck in call quality — harsh, rattling, mechanical. Falkland Island birds' vocalizations adapted for stormy, windswept coastal habitat.

Geographic Range & Migration

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.

Falkland Steamerduck

保全状況

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

Least Concern

Falkland Steamerduck

How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Falkland Steamerduck

羽毛

Flightless; males gray with white supercilium and orange bill. Breast grayish-brown; flanks with brown mottling. Females brown with white eye-ring. Yellow-olive bill. Endemic to Falkland Islands.

About These Birds

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。

Falkland Steamerduck

フォークランドスティーマーダックはフォークランド諸島に固有の飛べないカモです。大きな体と短い翼が特徴で、水面を翼で漕いで移動します。沿岸の浅海、岩礁地帯に生息し、貝類、甲殻類、海藻を採食します。

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