Red-billed Teal vs Mallard

Anas erythrorhyncha 비교 대상 Anas platyrhynchos

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Red-billed Teal Mallard
학명 Anas erythrorhyncha Anas platyrhynchos
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 58.0 cm (22.8 in)
날개 폭 43.0 cm (16.9 in) 90.0 cm (35.4 in)
체중 648.0 g (22.86 oz) 1100.0 g (38.80 oz)
식성 -- Omnivorous — aquatic plants, seeds, insects, crustaceans, and mollusks. Feeds by dabbling, upending, and grazing …
산란 수 5-13 4-18
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Red-billed Teal
Mallard 58.0 cm
날개 폭
Red-billed Teal 43.0 cm
Mallard 90.0 cm
체중
Red-billed Teal 648.0 g
Mallard 1100.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Red-billed Teal only

없음

Mallard only

Red-billed Teal

Freshwater lakes, marshes, pans, and flooded fields across sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia and Sudan south to the Cape. Nomadic; follows seasonal flooding. Very tolerant of saline conditions.

Mallard

Nearly any wetland habitat including lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes, estuaries, and urban park ponds.

Song & Call Comparison

Red-billed Teal

노래

Female produces a loud, nasal quacking series; male gives a soft, nasal grunt. Both sexes call with emphatic, honking quacks that carry across African open wetlands and dams.

Mallard

노래

Female gives the classic 'quack-quack-quack', descending in pitch. Male utters soft nasal 'raeb-raeb'. Both give a high 'gag-gag-gag' when alarmed or taking flight.

Geographic Range & Migration

Red-billed Teal

Mallard

Native across the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia. Introduced to Australia and New Zealand.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Red-billed Teal

Least Concern

Mallard

How to Tell Them Apart

Red-billed Teal

깃털

Diagnostic bright pink-red bill with dark ridge contrasting with dark brown cap. Body brown, finely scalloped. White sides of face. Pale buff-white speculum with dark border. Sexes similar. Sub-Saharan Africa.

Mallard

깃털

Breeding males have an iridescent green head, white neck ring, chestnut breast, and grey body. Females are mottled brown. Both sexes show a blue speculum bordered by white.

부리

Broad, flat bill — yellow-green in males, orange-brown in females

About These Birds

Red-billed Teal

붉은부리 오리는 사하라 이남 아프리카 전역에 분포하며, 얕은 호수와 습지를 선호합니다. 이름에서 알 수 있듯이 밝은 붉은색 부리가 특징이며, 갈색 반점이 있는 몸통과 대비를 이룹니다.

Mallard

가장 잘 알려진 야생 오리로 체장 50–65cm이며, 수컷은 광택 있는 녹색 머리와 노란 부리, 자주빛 갈색 가슴, 흰색 목 고리를 갖는다. 북반구 전역과 호주에 귀화하여 온대 내지 아열대 습지, 호수, 강, 도시 공원에 서식한다. 잡식성으로 식물, 곤충, 작은 어류를 먹는다. 관심 필요 종이다.

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