Ringed Teal vs Mandarin Duck

Callonetta leucophrys 比較対象 Aix galericulata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Ringed Teal Mandarin Duck
学名 Callonetta leucophrys Aix galericulata
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長 44.0 cm (17.3 in)
翼開長 33.8 cm (13.3 in) 70.0 cm (27.6 in)
体重 345.0 g (12.17 oz) 570.0 g (20.11 oz)
食性 Eats seeds, plant material, and aquatic invertebrates; filter-feeds in shallow water; broadly omnivorous and seasonally … Seeds, acorns, grains, aquatic plants, insects, snails, and small fish. Forages by dabbling, walking, and …
一腹卵数 6-12 7-14
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Ringed Teal
Mandarin Duck 44.0 cm
翼開長
Ringed Teal 33.8 cm
Mandarin Duck 70.0 cm
体重
Ringed Teal 345.0 g
Mandarin Duck 570.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Ringed Teal only

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Mandarin Duck only

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Ringed Teal

Subtropical forests, gallery woodlands, and wooded wetland margins in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. Nests in tree hollows near water. Requires forested streams and rivers.

Mandarin Duck

Wooded lakes, rivers, and ponds surrounded by dense forest. Unlike most ducks, regularly perches in trees and nests in tree cavities.

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Song & Call Comparison

Ringed Teal

さえずり

Male utters a soft, high-pitched squeak; female gives a low, grunting kow note. Courtship involves quiet twittering exchanges between pairs in South American gallery forests.

Mandarin Duck

さえずり

Male gives a low whistled 'hib' or 'weep'. Female utters a soft quacking 'kek'. Generally quiet and secretive. No loud territorial song; vocalizations subtle and brief.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Ringed Teal

Breeds in the southern Palearctic from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia; winters mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.

Mandarin Duck

Native to East Asia including eastern Russia, China, Japan, and Korea. Feral populations established in Britain and western Europe.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Ringed Teal

Least Concern

Mandarin Duck

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How to Tell Them Apart

Ringed Teal

羽毛

Males have gray head with black crown; pink breast with black spots; chestnut back; buff-white flanks with fine barring. White facial blaze. Females brown with pale supercilium and white spots …

Mandarin Duck

羽毛

Breeding males have an elaborate pattern of orange, green, white, and purple with distinctive orange sail feathers on the back. Females are grey-brown with a white eye-ring and stripe.

くちばし

Small red bill in breeding males, pinkish in females

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About These Birds

Ringed Teal

リングテールダックは南米のグラン・チャコ地方を中心に分布するカモです。白い眉斑と橙色の嘴が特徴的です。草地の池、川沿いの湿地、半乾燥地帯の水辺に生息し、水草、種子、無脊椎動物を採食します。

Mandarin Duck

オシドリ。東アジア原産の美しいカモ。雄は鮮やかなオレンジ色の「帆羽」と複雑な羽毛模様が特徴的。体長41〜49cm。森林の池や川に生息し、樹洞に巣を作る。ドングリや水草を食べる。低危険種。

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