Maned Duck vs Wandering Whistling-duck

Chenonetta jubata 比較対象 Dendrocygna arcuata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Maned Duck Wandering Whistling-duck
学名 Chenonetta jubata Dendrocygna arcuata
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 51.8 cm (20.4 in) 37.2 cm (14.6 in)
体重 825.25 g (29.11 oz) 779.5 g (27.50 oz)
食性 Eats seeds, aquatic plants, and invertebrates; dabbles in shallow water; broadly omnivorous diet shifts with … Eats grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants in tundra; winter diet of coastal salt marsh grasses …
一腹卵数 8-11 6-15
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Maned Duck only

Wandering Whistling-duck only

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Maned Duck

Open woodland, grassland, parks, golf courses, and farmland near water across most of Australia. Nests in tree hollows up to 30m high. Grazes terrestrially. Highly adaptable to modified and urban environments.

Wandering Whistling-duck

Tropical freshwater marshes, flooded grasslands, swamps, and lake margins from the Philippines and Indonesia through Papua New Guinea to northern and eastern Australia. Nomadic following wet season flooding.

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Song & Call Comparison

Maned Duck

さえずり

Male utters soft, goose-like honking notes; female gives a harsh, repeated quacking rattle. Alarm call is a loud, abrupt nasal honk carrying over open water.

Wandering Whistling-duck

さえずり

A soft whistle 'whi-whi-whi' in flight. Less vocal than other whistling-ducks; flocks tend to be quieter. Given at dawn and dusk during flight to roosting or feeding areas.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Maned Duck

Found in wetlands of East Africa; largely sedentary with some local seasonal movements following water availability.

Wandering Whistling-duck

Breeds in Arctic and subarctic regions; winters at sea around the Antarctic pack ice, one of the longest migrations known.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Maned Duck

Least Concern

Wandering Whistling-duck

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How to Tell Them Apart

Maned Duck

羽毛

Males have brownish head with short dark mane; gray body with fine vermiculations and chestnut breast spots. Females brown with white supercilium and white chin. Both show white speculum in …

Wandering Whistling-duck

羽毛

Rich chestnut-brown head and neck; dark brown back. Flanks rufous with pale buff streaks and dark spots. Belly blackish. Long, dark pinkish legs. Upright posture typical of whistling-ducks. Sexes similar.

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About These Birds

Maned Duck

オーストラリアンウッドダックはオーストラリア全土に分布するカモです。雄は暗褐色の頭部と細かい模様の羽毛が特徴的です。草地や農地に隣接した湿地、池、川に生息します。草、種子、昆虫を採食します。木の洞に営巣します。

Wandering Whistling-duck

ワンデリングウィスリングダックは東南アジアからオーストラリアにかけて分布するツリーダックです。栗色の羽毛と長い首が特徴で、群れで移動します。湿地、稲田、水草に覆われた湖に生息し、水草、種子、藻類を採食します。

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