Amsterdam Duck vs Greater White-fronted Goose

Anas marecula 비교 대상 Anser albifrons

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Amsterdam Duck Greater White-fronted Goose
학명 Anas marecula Anser albifrons
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Extinct Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 81.6 cm (32.1 in)
체중 289.5 g (10.21 oz) 2471.0 g (87.16 oz)
식성 Extinct Auckland Islands Merganser; fed on freshwater fish and aquatic invertebrates in streams; inferred from … 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

Amsterdam Duck only

없음

Greater White-fronted Goose only

Amsterdam Duck

Historically restricted to Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Now extinct. Presumably inhabited the island's freshwater sources and coastal areas.

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

Amsterdam Duck

노래

Extinct (EX). No recordings exist. As an Anas relative, likely gave a typical duck-like quacking call; male may have had a soft whistled note similar to other island teals.

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

Amsterdam Duck

Breeds on sub-Antarctic islands of the South Indian Ocean; disperses across the Southern Ocean when not nesting.

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

Extinct

Amsterdam Duck

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

How to Tell Them Apart

Amsterdam Duck

깃털

Extinct Amsterdam Island duck known only from bones and a single historical description. Presumably brown plumage typical of Anas dabbling ducks. Flightless or near-flightless; extirpated by introduced predators.

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

Amsterdam Duck

암스테르담 오리는 인도양의 암스테르담 섬에 서식했던 날지 못하는 오리였으나, 인간 정착과 도입된 포식자들로 인해 19세기에 멸종되었습니다. 짧은 날개와 작은 체구가 특징이었습니다.

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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