Amsterdam Duck vs Mallard

Anas marecula 비교 대상 Anas platyrhynchos

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Amsterdam Duck Mallard
학명 Anas marecula Anas platyrhynchos
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Extinct Least Concern
체장 58.0 cm (22.8 in)
날개 폭 90.0 cm (35.4 in)
체중 289.5 g (10.21 oz) 1100.0 g (38.80 oz)
식성 Extinct Auckland Islands Merganser; fed on freshwater fish and aquatic invertebrates in streams; inferred from … Omnivorous — aquatic plants, seeds, insects, crustaceans, and mollusks. Feeds by dabbling, upending, and grazing …
산란 수 -- 4-18
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Amsterdam Duck
Mallard 58.0 cm
날개 폭
Amsterdam Duck
Mallard 90.0 cm
체중
Amsterdam Duck 289.5 g
Mallard 1100.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Amsterdam Duck only

Mallard 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.

Mallard

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

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.

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

Amsterdam Duck

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

Mallard

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

보전 상태

Extinct

Amsterdam Duck

Least Concern

Mallard

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.

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

Amsterdam Duck

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

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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