Green-winged Teal vs Greater White-fronted Goose

Anas carolinensis 비교 대상 Anser albifrons

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Green-winged Teal Greater White-fronted Goose
학명 Anas carolinensis Anser albifrons
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 35.0 cm (13.8 in) 81.6 cm (32.1 in)
체중 330.5 g (11.66 oz) 2471.0 g (87.16 oz)
식성 Eats aquatic invertebrates, molluscs, and seeds; dives in shallow water; diet shifts between invertebrates and … Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding …
산란 수 -- 3-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Green-winged Teal only

없음

Greater White-fronted Goose only

Green-winged Teal

Breeds on boreal and subarctic wetlands across North America. Winters on freshwater marshes, coastal estuaries, rice paddies, and shallow wetlands from the southern United States to Central America and the Caribbean.

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds on Arctic and subarctic tundra and peatlands. Winters on estuaries, agricultural fields, freshwater marshes, and flooded meadows across Europe, Asia, and North America. One of the most widespread geese.

Song & Call Comparison

Green-winged Teal

노래

Male produces a high, clear krick call; female gives a subdued quack. Closely related to Common Teal; male's ringing call punctuates North American freshwater marshes in spring.

Greater White-fronted Goose

노래

A loud, laughing 'kow-lyuk' or musical 'wah-wah'. Gives a distinctive high-pitched yodeling quality lacking in Greylag. Highly vocal in large winter flocks.

Geographic Range & Migration

Green-winged Teal

Breeds in Arctic regions; winters at sea across the North Pacific, from Alaska to Japan and northern California.

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds in the potholes region of the northern Great Plains; winters in the southern United States and along the Gulf Coast.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Green-winged Teal

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

How to Tell Them Apart

Green-winged Teal

깃털

Males have chestnut head with iridescent green eye patch; gray body; vertical white shoulder stripe (vs. horizontal in Common Teal). Cream and black undertail. Females mottled brown. Smallest North American …

Greater White-fronted Goose

깃털

Brown-gray body with white forehead patch bordered by white band at bill base. Underparts with bold irregular black bars on belly. Orange bill; orange-yellow legs. Juveniles lack white front and …

About These Birds

Green-winged Teal

작은 표면 먹이 오리로, 일반청둥오리의 북미 상대종이다. 수컷은 풍부한 밤색 머리에 광택 있는 초록 눈 줄무늬, 수평 흰 어깨 줄무늬가 있다. 북미 전역에서 번식하고 남쪽으로 이동한다.

Greater White-fronted Goose

흰이마기러기는 북극 툰드라에서 번식하고 온대 지역에서 월동하는 기러기입니다. 성체의 흰 이마와 오렌지색 다리가 특징이며, 농경지와 초원에서 풀과 곡물을 먹습니다.

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