Mandarin Duck vs Red-crested Pochard

Aix galericulata 比較対象 Netta rufina

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Mandarin Duck Red-crested Pochard
学名 Aix galericulata Netta rufina
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長 44.0 cm (17.3 in)
翼開長 70.0 cm (27.6 in) 51.7 cm (20.4 in)
体重 570.0 g (20.11 oz) 1087.5 g (38.36 oz)
食性 Seeds, acorns, grains, aquatic plants, insects, snails, and small fish. Forages by dabbling, walking, and … --
一腹卵数 7-14 6-14
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Mandarin Duck 44.0 cm
Red-crested Pochard
翼開長
Mandarin Duck 70.0 cm
Red-crested Pochard 51.7 cm
体重
Mandarin Duck 570.0 g
Red-crested Pochard 1087.5 g

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Mandarin Duck only

Red-crested Pochard only

Mandarin Duck

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

Red-crested Pochard

Large freshwater and brackish lakes, reservoirs, river deltas, and coastal lagoons across southern Europe and Central Asia. Winters on large open water bodies in southern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.

Song & Call Comparison

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.

Red-crested Pochard

さえずり

Male emits a harsh, rasping errr note; female gives a loud, quacking series. The raspy male call is distinctive among pochards; alarm is an emphatic, repeated series on Eurasian lakes.

Geographic Range & Migration

Mandarin Duck

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

Red-crested Pochard

保全状況

Least Concern

Mandarin Duck

Least Concern

Red-crested Pochard

How to Tell Them Apart

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

Red-crested Pochard

羽毛

Males have rounded orange-rufous head with bright red bill; black breast, neck and undertail; white flanks; brown back. Females dark brown with pale cheeks. Bold white wing stripe in flight. …

About These Birds

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。

Red-crested Pochard

南ヨーロッパ・中央アジアの湖沼で繁殖する大型の潜水ガモ(体長53〜57cm)。雄の赤みがかった褐色の頭とオレンジの嘴が特徴的。Netta rufina(アカハジロ)は水深の浅い湖で水草の根や茎を食べ、カモメが多い環境でも見られる。ヨーロッパでは越冬数が増加傾向にある。Anatidae科。

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