Amsterdam Duck vs Brent Goose

Anas marecula 비교 대상 Branta bernicla

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Amsterdam Duck Brent Goose
학명 Anas marecula Branta bernicla
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Extinct Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 63.9 cm (25.2 in)
체중 289.5 g (10.21 oz) 1335.0 g (47.09 oz)
식성 Extinct Auckland Islands Merganser; fed on freshwater fish and aquatic invertebrates in streams; inferred from … Primarily herbivorous; grazes aquatic plants, grasses, and sedges; swans upend in shallow water for submerged …
산란 수 -- 1-10
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Amsterdam Duck only

없음

Brent 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.

Brent Goose

Breeds on high-Arctic tundra; winters on estuaries, coastal mudflats, saltmarshes, and sea-grass beds along Atlantic and Pacific coastlines. One of the most strictly coastal wintering 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.

Brent Goose

노래

A low, guttural 'rronk' or 'ronk-ronk' from flocks. Soft nasal calls in feeding groups. A subtle, understated call for a goose — less loud than most Anser geese.

Geographic Range & Migration

Amsterdam Duck

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

Brent Goose

Breeds across boreal and subarctic Canada and Alaska; winters in the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America.

보전 상태

Extinct

Amsterdam Duck

Least Concern

Brent 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.

Brent Goose

깃털

Small; mostly black head, neck, and breast. Small white neck-patch on adults. Back dark brownish-gray; belly pale gray to white depending on subspecies. White undertail coverts. Sexes similar.

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.

Brent Goose

검은 머리와 목, 작은 흰 목 반점, 연한 회색 배를 가진 작은 어두운 몸통의 기러기입니다. 고위도 북극 번식지와 온대 해안 월동지 사이를 이동합니다. 겨울에 잘피와 염습지 식생을 먹습니다. 세 아종이 배 색상이 다릅니다.

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