Wandering Whistling-duck vs Pink-headed Duck

Dendrocygna arcuata 比較対象 Rhodonessa caryophyllacea

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Wandering Whistling-duck Pink-headed Duck
学名 Dendrocygna arcuata Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Critically Endangered
体長
翼開長 37.2 cm (14.6 in) 50.2 cm (19.8 in)
体重 779.5 g (27.50 oz) 963.8 g (34.00 oz)
食性 Eats grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants in tundra; winter diet of coastal salt marsh grasses … --
一腹卵数 6-15 5-10
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Wandering Whistling-duck only

None

Pink-headed Duck only

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.

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

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.

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

Wandering Whistling-duck

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

Pink-headed Duck

保全状況

Least Concern

Wandering Whistling-duck

Critically Endangered

Pink-headed Duck

How to Tell Them Apart

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.

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

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。

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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