Black Swan vs White-headed Duck

Cygnus atratus 比較対象 Oxyura leucocephala

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Black Swan White-headed Duck
学名 Cygnus atratus Oxyura leucocephala
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Endangered
体長 130.0 cm (51.2 in)
翼開長 190.0 cm (74.8 in) 29.7 cm (11.7 in)
体重 6200.0 g (218.70 oz) 705.0 g (24.87 oz)
食性 Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow … Dives for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant roots in Mediterranean and Central Asian wetlands. Critically …
一腹卵数 4-6 3-10
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Black Swan 130.0 cm
White-headed Duck
翼開長
Black Swan 190.0 cm
White-headed Duck 29.7 cm
体重
Black Swan 6200.0 g
White-headed Duck 705.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Black Swan only

White-headed Duck only

None

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-headed Duck

さえずり

Male produces a mechanical, rapid bill-drumming; female gives a harsh, grating quack. The drumming staccato display is the same pattern as other Oxyura stiff-tails; heard on Eurasian steppe lakes.

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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-headed Duck

Breeds in Spain, Turkey, central Asia, and Mongolia. Winters in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and northern India. Globally endangered.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Black Swan

Endangered

White-headed Duck

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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-headed Duck

羽毛

Male has entirely white head with small black crown patch, rich chestnut-brown body, and large bulbous powder-blue bill. Female is brown with pale whitish face divided by dark streak across …

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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-headed Duck

カオジロオキアミガモは地中海地方から中央アジアにかけて分布する絶滅危惧種のカモです。雄の白い頭部と青い嘴が特徴的です。水草が豊富な浅い湖や池に生息し、水草の種子、塊茎、無脊椎動物を潜って採食します。生息地の減少と外来種との交雑が脅威です。

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