Black Swan vs Baikal Teal

Cygnus atratus 比較対象 Sibirionetta formosa

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Black Swan Baikal Teal
学名 Cygnus atratus Sibirionetta formosa
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) 41.2 cm (16.2 in)
体重 6200.0 g (218.70 oz) 446.75 g (15.76 oz)
食性 Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow … Dabbles for seeds, aquatic invertebrates, and plant matter; omnivorous diet varies with season and water …
一腹卵数 4-6 4-10
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Black Swan 130.0 cm
Baikal Teal
翼開長
Black Swan 190.0 cm
Baikal Teal 41.2 cm
体重
Black Swan 6200.0 g
Baikal Teal 446.75 g
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Black Swan only

None

Baikal Teal only

Black Swan

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

Baikal Teal

Breeds in boreal taiga along Siberian rivers and boggy ground from western to northeastern Siberia. Winters on freshwater lakes and rice fields in South Korea, Japan, and eastern China.

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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.

Baikal Teal

さえずり

Male gives a soft, liquid wot-wot call; female produces a low, nasal quack. Wintering flocks create a musical murmuring chorus of whistled notes on East Asian wetlands.

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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.

Baikal Teal

Breeds in montane and boreal zones across Eurasia; winters at lower elevations and southern latitudes in Europe and Asia.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Black Swan

Least Concern

Baikal Teal

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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

Baikal Teal

羽毛

Males have exquisitely patterned green-and-buff head with bold white and black facial stripes. Pinkish breast with black spots; gray flanks; long drooping scapulars. Females brown with white loral spot and …

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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。

Baikal Teal

A strikingly beautiful teal with intricately patterned golden, green, black, and white head; pink-brown breast; and grey flanks. Breeds in Siberian taiga; winters in East Asia. Once seriously depleted, now recovering. Forms spectacular flocks of hundreds of thousands at South Korean wintering sites.

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