Hartlaub's Duck vs Blue-billed Teal

Pteronetta hartlaubii 比較対象 Spatula hottentota

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Hartlaub's Duck Blue-billed Teal
学名 Pteronetta hartlaubii Spatula hottentota
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 53.4 cm (21.0 in) 29.4 cm (11.6 in)
体重 910.0 g (32.10 oz) 269.2 g (9.50 oz)
食性 Eats seeds, aquatic invertebrates, and plant matter; dabbles in ponds and marshes; diet more invertebrate-heavy … Feeds on seeds, aquatic plants, and invertebrates; filter-feeds in shallow water; broadly omnivorous and seasonally …
一腹卵数 7-11 5-12
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Hartlaub's Duck only

Blue-billed Teal only

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Hartlaub's Duck

Tropical rainforest streams, forest pools, and shaded swamps from Guinea and Sierra Leone east through the Congo Basin to Uganda and western Kenya. Requires undisturbed riverine forest with shaded water.

Blue-billed Teal

Freshwater lakes, marshes, pans, and flooded grasslands across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Sudan south to the Cape. Nomadic; follows seasonal rains. Common but easily overlooked among reed beds.

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Song & Call Comparison

Hartlaub's Duck

さえずり

A low, nasal 'quack' and soft 'kek-kek'. Generally quieter than other perching ducks. Calls from dense Central and West African rainforest where it is rarely observed.

Blue-billed Teal

さえずり

Male utters a soft, teal-like peep; female gives a muted quack. Pairs call quietly in dense papyrus; soft contact calls help birds maintain proximity in thick African marsh vegetation.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Hartlaub's Duck

Breeds in wetlands across Eurasia; winters from Africa and the Middle East to South and Southeast Asia.

Blue-billed Teal

Breeds in Arctic and subarctic Eurasia; winters at sea in the North Atlantic and from western Europe to eastern Africa.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Hartlaub's Duck

Least Concern

Blue-billed Teal

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How to Tell Them Apart

Hartlaub's Duck

羽毛

Dark chocolate-brown body; white patches at side of head distinctive. Males have dark blue frontal shield extending from bill. Wings show pale blue-gray inner forewing. Legs gray. West African forest …

Blue-billed Teal

羽毛

Small; males have pale blue-gray bill contrasting with brown-gray body. Head finely spotted; underparts barred brown and white. Males show powder-blue forewing in flight. Females browner. African marsh species.

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About These Birds

Hartlaub's Duck

ハートラウブダックは西アフリカの森林に生息するカモです。青みがかった嘴と暗褐色の羽毛が特徴的です。熱帯雨林内の河川、沼地、森林の池に生息し、植物の種子、果実、無脊椎動物を採食します。アフリカ固有の珍しいカモです。

Blue-billed Teal

A small dark teal with blue-grey bill and legs, brown-streaked plumage, and fine pale spotting on the flanks. The most widespread teal in sub-Saharan Africa. Found on freshwater lakes and marshes. Highly nomadic; follows seasonal rainfall. Swims low in the water like a pochard.

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