Black Swan vs White-winged Scoter

Cygnus atratus 比較対象 Melanitta deglandi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Black Swan White-winged Scoter
学名 Cygnus atratus Melanitta deglandi
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長 130.0 cm (51.2 in)
翼開長 190.0 cm (74.8 in) 54.0 cm (21.3 in)
体重 6200.0 g (218.70 oz) 1647.1666666666667 g (58.10 oz)
食性 Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow … Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and small fish in coastal and inland waters. Favours mussels and …
一腹卵数 4-6 6-16
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Black Swan 130.0 cm
White-winged Scoter
翼開長
Black Swan 190.0 cm
White-winged Scoter 54.0 cm
体重
Black Swan 6200.0 g
White-winged Scoter 1647.1666666666667 g
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Black Swan only

White-winged Scoter only

Black Swan

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

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Song & Call Comparison

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.

White-winged Scoter

さえずり

Male produces a soft, whistled note; female gives a harsh, grating call. Similar to Velvet Scoter; the female's rasping call carries across North Pacific bays and coastal inlets.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Black Swan

Australia, primarily in the southeast and southwest. Introduced populations in New Zealand, Japan, and western Europe.

White-winged Scoter

Breeds in boreal forest and tundra of interior North America. Winters along Pacific and Atlantic coasts south to California and the Gulf states.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Black Swan

Least Concern

White-winged Scoter

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How to Tell Them Apart

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

White-winged Scoter

羽毛

Male is black with conspicuous white secondaries and a white comma-shaped mark below eye; orange-yellow bill with black basal knob. Female dark brownish-black with two pale facial patches and white …

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About These Birds

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。

White-winged Scoter

ホワイトウィングドスコーター。北米とアジア北東部に分布する大型の海ガモ。翼に白い翼鏡があり、雄は全身黒色。繁殖期はタイガの湖や池で営巣し、冬は海岸に移動する。貝類を主食とする。低危険種。

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