Wandering Whistling-duck vs Falkland Steamerduck

Dendrocygna arcuata 比較対象 Tachyeres brachypterus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Wandering Whistling-duck Falkland Steamerduck
学名 Dendrocygna arcuata Tachyeres brachypterus
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 37.2 cm (14.6 in) 49.0 cm (19.3 in)
体重 779.5 g (27.50 oz) 3799.0 g (134.01 oz)
食性 Eats grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants in tundra; winter diet of coastal salt marsh grasses … Eats seeds, sedge shoots, and aquatic invertebrates; dabbles in ponds and marshes; diet varies with …
一腹卵数 6-15 4-12
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Wandering Whistling-duck only

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Falkland Steamerduck 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.

Falkland Steamerduck

Exclusive to rocky coasts, sheltered coves, kelp beds, and sea inlets of the Falkland Islands. Flightless; strictly coastal. One of the few bird species entirely endemic to the Falkland Islands.

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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.

Falkland Steamerduck

さえずり

Similar to Magellanic Steamerduck in call quality — harsh, rattling, mechanical. Falkland Island birds' vocalizations adapted for stormy, windswept coastal habitat.

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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.

Falkland Steamerduck

Breeds in subarctic boreal ponds of Alaska and Canada; winters coastally from Alaska to California and on the Gulf Coast.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Wandering Whistling-duck

Least Concern

Falkland Steamerduck

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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.

Falkland Steamerduck

羽毛

Flightless; males gray with white supercilium and orange bill. Breast grayish-brown; flanks with brown mottling. Females brown with white eye-ring. Yellow-olive bill. Endemic to Falkland Islands.

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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。

Falkland Steamerduck

フォークランドスティーマーダックはフォークランド諸島に固有の飛べないカモです。大きな体と短い翼が特徴で、水面を翼で漕いで移動します。沿岸の浅海、岩礁地帯に生息し、貝類、甲殻類、海藻を採食します。

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