American Black Duck vs Pacific Black Duck

Anas rubripes 비교 대상 Anas superciliosa

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 American Black Duck Pacific Black Duck
학명 Anas rubripes Anas superciliosa
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 53.4 cm (21.0 in) 50.2 cm (19.8 in)
체중 1211.25 g (42.73 oz) 1000.5 g (35.29 oz)
식성 Eats fish and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet shifts toward molluscs … Dives for fish and aquatic invertebrates; serrated bill adapted for gripping prey; diet varies with …
산란 수 1-17 3-15
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

American Black Duck only

Pacific Black Duck only

없음

American Black Duck

Freshwater and brackish wetlands in eastern North America from Atlantic Canada south along the coast to Georgia. Breeds in northern bogs and wetlands. Winters on coastal marshes, estuaries, and freshwater lakes.

Pacific Black Duck

Freshwater and brackish wetlands across Australasia and the Pacific Islands, from freshwater lakes and rivers to coastal estuaries, mangroves, and irrigated agricultural areas. Highly adaptable to human-modified landscapes.

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Song & Call Comparison

American Black Duck

노래

Female produces a loud, deep quacking series; male gives a low, raspy grunt. Voice is deeper and huskier than a Mallard; pairs call powerfully across northeastern North American wetlands.

Pacific Black Duck

노래

Female gives a loud, emphatic quacking series; male utters a soft quip note. Common call is a loud, repeated quack; alarm is an insistent, rattling quacking burst.

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Geographic Range & Migration

American Black Duck

Breeds in the steppe zone of Central Asia; winters in South Asia, East Africa, and coastal Southeast Asia.

Pacific Black Duck

Found across sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar; locally sedentary in freshwater lakes and rivers year-round.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Pacific Black Duck

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How to Tell Them Apart

American Black Duck

깃털

Sooty dark brown body; head and neck paler buff with dark streaking. Iridescent purple speculum without white border. Males have yellow-green bill; females olive with orange blotches. Silvery underwings in …

Pacific Black Duck

깃털

Brownish-black body with pale buff feather edges giving scaly appearance. Bold pale buff supercilium and dark eye-stripe and crown stripe on paler face. Iridescent green speculum. Gray bill; orange legs. …

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About These Birds

American Black Duck

아메리카 검정 오리는 북아메리카 동부에 서식하는 중간 크기의 오리로, 말라드와 매우 유사하지만 전체적으로 더 어둡고 뚜렷한 보라색 날개 거울을 가지고 있습니다.

Pacific Black Duck

태평양 검정 오리는 오스트레일리아, 뉴질랜드 및 태평양 섬들에 널리 분포합니다. 어두운 갈색 몸통과 특징적인 얼굴 줄무늬를 가지고 있으며, 다양한 수생 환경에 적응할 수 있습니다.

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