Mandarin Duck vs Pink-headed Duck

Aix galericulata 比較対象 Rhodonessa caryophyllacea

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Mandarin Duck Pink-headed Duck
学名 Aix galericulata Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Critically Endangered
体長 44.0 cm (17.3 in)
翼開長 70.0 cm (27.6 in) 50.2 cm (19.8 in)
体重 570.0 g (20.11 oz) 963.8 g (34.00 oz)
食性 Seeds, acorns, grains, aquatic plants, insects, snails, and small fish. Forages by dabbling, walking, and … --
一腹卵数 7-14 5-10
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Mandarin Duck 44.0 cm
Pink-headed Duck
翼開長
Mandarin Duck 70.0 cm
Pink-headed Duck 50.2 cm
体重
Mandarin Duck 570.0 g
Pink-headed Duck 963.8 g

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Mandarin Duck only

None

Pink-headed Duck only

Mandarin Duck

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

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

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.

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

Mandarin Duck

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

Pink-headed Duck

保全状況

Least Concern

Mandarin Duck

Critically Endangered

Pink-headed Duck

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

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

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。

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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