Black Swan vs Pink-headed Duck

Cygnus atratus 比較対象 Rhodonessa caryophyllacea

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Black Swan Pink-headed Duck
学名 Cygnus atratus Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Critically Endangered
体長 130.0 cm (51.2 in)
翼開長 190.0 cm (74.8 in) 50.2 cm (19.8 in)
体重 6200.0 g (218.70 oz) 963.8 g (34.00 oz)
食性 Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow … --
一腹卵数 4-6 5-10
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Black Swan 130.0 cm
Pink-headed Duck
翼開長
Black Swan 190.0 cm
Pink-headed Duck 50.2 cm
体重
Black Swan 6200.0 g
Pink-headed Duck 963.8 g

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Black Swan only

Pink-headed Duck only

Black Swan

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

Pink-headed Duck

Historically inhabited secluded freshwater pools, lakes, and marshes in tall grass and forest in the Ganges and Brahmaputra plains of India, Nepal, and Myanmar. Now possibly extinct or extremely rare.

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.

Pink-headed Duck

さえずり

Critically Endangered; likely gives a soft, resonant quacking note judging from close relatives. The Pink-headed Duck may have produced a distinctive, mellow whistle unlike other pochards.

Geographic Range & Migration

Black Swan

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

Pink-headed Duck

保全状況

Least Concern

Black Swan

Critically Endangered

Pink-headed Duck

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

Pink-headed Duck

羽毛

Unmistakable; males have strikingly bright pink head and neck contrasting with dark chocolate-brown body and wings. Pink bill. Females have paler pink head. Possibly extinct; last confirmed 1949. Critically endangered …

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。

Pink-headed Duck

ピンクヘッドダックは南アジアに生息していた潜水性カモですが、おそらく絶滅したと考えられています。雄は特徴的なピンク色の頭部を持っていました。インドのガンジス平原の湿地や沼地に生息していましたが、狩猟と生息地の喪失により20世紀初頭に絶滅したとみられています。

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