Amsterdam Duck vs Black Swan

Anas marecula 비교 대상 Cygnus atratus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Amsterdam Duck Black Swan
학명 Anas marecula Cygnus atratus
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Extinct Least Concern
체장 130.0 cm (51.2 in)
날개 폭 190.0 cm (74.8 in)
체중 289.5 g (10.21 oz) 6200.0 g (218.70 oz)
식성 Extinct Auckland Islands Merganser; fed on freshwater fish and aquatic invertebrates in streams; inferred from … Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow …
산란 수 -- 4-6
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Amsterdam Duck
Black Swan 130.0 cm
날개 폭
Amsterdam Duck
Black Swan 190.0 cm
체중
Amsterdam Duck 289.5 g
Black Swan 6200.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Amsterdam Duck only

Black Swan 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.

Black Swan

Lakes, rivers, swamps, and coastal waters across Australia. Also found in ornamental lakes in parks.

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.

Black Swan

노래

Gives a musical bugling 'boo-boo-boo' in flight and softer honking on water. Less vocal than Mute Swan; produces a baying call when alarmed. Wings whistle softly in flight.

Geographic Range & Migration

Amsterdam Duck

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

Black Swan

Australia, primarily in the southeast and southwest. Introduced populations in New Zealand, Japan, and western Europe.

보전 상태

Extinct

Amsterdam Duck

Least Concern

Black Swan

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.

Black Swan

깃털

Almost entirely black with white flight feathers visible in flight. Red bill with a white band near the tip. Dark red to reddish-brown iris.

부리

Bright red bill with a pale tip and prominent white band

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.

Black Swan

검은 백조는 한때 모든 백조가 흰색이라고 믿었던 유럽인들에게 불가능하다고 여겨졌으며, 귀납적 추론 실패의 유명한 철학적 예가 됩니다. 서부 오스트레일리아의 주 새입니다. 검은 백조는 평생 짝 유대를 형성하며 양 부모가 포란과 새끼 양육을 공유합니다.

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