Swan Goose vs Black Swan

Anser cygnoid 比較対象 Cygnus atratus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Swan Goose Black Swan
学名 Anser cygnoid Cygnus atratus
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Endangered Least Concern
体長 130.0 cm (51.2 in)
翼開長 84.4 cm (33.2 in) 190.0 cm (74.8 in)
体重 3343.75 g (117.95 oz) 6200.0 g (218.70 oz)
食性 Herbivore; grazes aquatic plants and grasses at wetland margins; takes invertebrates in spring; diet shifts … Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow …
一腹卵数 4-8 4-6
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Swan Goose
Black Swan 130.0 cm
翼開長
Swan Goose 84.4 cm
Black Swan 190.0 cm
体重
Swan Goose 3343.75 g
Black Swan 6200.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Swan Goose only

Black Swan only

Swan Goose

Breeds on steppe lakes, rivers, and meadows in Mongolia, Siberia, and northeastern China. Winters in eastern China's Yangtze River floodplain and coastal wetlands. Wild populations critically small.

Black Swan

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

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Song & Call Comparison

Swan Goose

さえずり

A deep, resonant 'honk'; less frequently heard than Greylag. The EN status reflects serious population decline; vocalizations are considered similar to Greylag Goose.

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

Swan Goose

Breeds in the tundra and boreal zones of Alaska and Canada; winters on the Pacific coast from British Columbia to California.

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

Endangered

Swan Goose

Least Concern

Black Swan

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How to Tell Them Apart

Swan Goose

羽毛

Long neck with rich chestnut hindneck stripe. Forehead and crown dark brown; face and throat whitish. Upperparts grayish-brown; underparts pale. Long black bill. Pink legs. Ancestor of Chinese domestic geese.

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

Swan Goose

サカツラガンはシベリア南東部と中国北東部に繁殖し、中国南部と朝鮮半島で越冬するガンです。細長い首と大きな嘴の根元の黒い模様が特徴的です。日本には稀に飛来します。湿地、草地、農地に生息し、草や農作物を採食します。

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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