Tufted Duck vs Wandering Whistling-duck

Aythya fuligula 比較対象 Dendrocygna arcuata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Tufted Duck Wandering Whistling-duck
学名 Aythya fuligula Dendrocygna arcuata
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 39.4 cm (15.5 in) 37.2 cm (14.6 in)
体重 700.0 g (24.69 oz) 779.5 g (27.50 oz)
食性 Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates; diet dominated by hard-shelled benthic prey in coastal … Eats grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants in tundra; winter diet of coastal salt marsh grasses …
一腹卵数 3-22 6-15
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Tufted Duck only

Wandering Whistling-duck only

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Tufted Duck

Breeds on freshwater lakes and rivers with emergent vegetation across Eurasia from Iceland and western Europe east to Siberia and Japan. Winters on large open lakes, reservoirs, and sheltered coastal bays.

Wandering Whistling-duck

Tropical freshwater marshes, flooded grasslands, swamps, and lake margins from the Philippines and Indonesia through Papua New Guinea to northern and eastern Australia. Nomadic following wet season flooding.

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Song & Call Comparison

Tufted Duck

さえずり

Male emits a soft, low wheeze; female gives a grating, repeated quack. A common call on Eurasian freshwater lakes; male's soft purring is quiet while female's quacking is emphatic and …

Wandering Whistling-duck

さえずり

A soft whistle 'whi-whi-whi' in flight. Less vocal than other whistling-ducks; flocks tend to be quieter. Given at dawn and dusk during flight to roosting or feeding areas.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Tufted Duck

Breeds in sub-Arctic and boreal Canada; winters along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean. Rare elsewhere in winter.

Wandering Whistling-duck

Breeds in Arctic and subarctic regions; winters at sea around the Antarctic pack ice, one of the longest migrations known.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Tufted Duck

Least Concern

Wandering Whistling-duck

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How to Tell Them Apart

Tufted Duck

羽毛

Males black with white flanks; rounded head with long drooping black tuft. Yellow eye. Females dark brown with shorter tuft; pale flanks; sometimes white at base of bill. Bold white …

Wandering Whistling-duck

羽毛

Rich chestnut-brown head and neck; dark brown back. Flanks rufous with pale buff streaks and dark spots. Belly blackish. Long, dark pinkish legs. Upright posture typical of whistling-ducks. Sexes similar.

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About These Birds

Tufted Duck

ヨーロッパからアジアにかけて繁殖し、南方で越冬する潜水ガモ(体長40〜47cm)。雄は光沢のある黒い体と白い脇が特徴で、頭後部に垂れる冠羽が名前の由来。Aythya fuligula(キンクロハジロ)は日本全国の冬の湖沼・海岸で普通に見られ、水中深くまで潜って水生植物や二枚貝を食べる。Anatidae科。

Wandering Whistling-duck

ワンデリングウィスリングダックは東南アジアからオーストラリアにかけて分布するツリーダックです。栗色の羽毛と長い首が特徴で、群れで移動します。湿地、稲田、水草に覆われた湖に生息し、水草、種子、藻類を採食します。

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