Canvasback vs Brent Goose

Aythya valisineria 比較対象 Branta bernicla

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Canvasback Brent Goose
学名 Aythya valisineria Branta bernicla
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 44.7 cm (17.6 in) 63.9 cm (25.2 in)
体重 1223.25 g (43.15 oz) 1335.0 g (47.09 oz)
食性 Eats molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet dominated by … Primarily herbivorous; grazes aquatic plants, grasses, and sedges; swans upend in shallow water for submerged …
一腹卵数 2-16 1-10
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Canvasback only

None

Brent Goose only

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.

Brent Goose

Breeds on high-Arctic tundra; winters on estuaries, coastal mudflats, saltmarshes, and sea-grass beds along Atlantic and Pacific coastlines. One of the most strictly coastal wintering geese.

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Song & Call Comparison

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.

Brent Goose

さえずり

A low, guttural 'rronk' or 'ronk-ronk' from flocks. Soft nasal calls in feeding groups. A subtle, understated call for a goose — less loud than most Anser geese.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Canvasback

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

Brent Goose

Breeds across boreal and subarctic Canada and Alaska; winters in the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Canvasback

Least Concern

Brent Goose

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How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Brent Goose

羽毛

Small; mostly black head, neck, and breast. Small white neck-patch on adults. Back dark brownish-gray; belly pale gray to white depending on subspecies. White undertail coverts. Sexes similar.

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About These Birds

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。

Brent Goose

北極圏で繁殖し、北半球の海岸で越冬する小型のガン(体長55〜66cm)。黒い頭・首・胸に短い白い首輪が特徴。Branta bernicla(コクガン)は主にアマモなどの海草を食べ、干潟や浅い入り江を好む。日本でも北海道・東北の海岸で越冬する姿が見られ、個体数は比較的少ない。Anatidae科。

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