American Black Duck vs Lake Duck

Anas rubripes 비교 대상 Oxyura vittata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 American Black Duck Lake Duck
학명 Anas rubripes Oxyura vittata
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 53.4 cm (21.0 in) 27.6 cm (10.9 in)
체중 1211.25 g (42.73 oz) 665.0 g (23.46 oz)
식성 Eats fish and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet shifts toward molluscs … Dives for aquatic invertebrates and plant seeds in South American freshwater lakes and marshes. Feeds …
산란 수 1-17 3-5
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

American Black Duck only

Lake 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.

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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.

Lake Duck

노래

Male produces a mechanical, drumming staccato call; female gives a soft, nasal quack. Drumming display resembles other Oxyura stiff-tails; heard at dawn on Andean and Patagonian lakes.

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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.

Lake Duck

Resident in southern South America from central Chile and central Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego. Found on lowland lakes and lagoons.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Lake 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 …

Lake Duck

깃털

Male is dark chestnut-brown with black head, pale whitish-grey cheeks, and cobalt-blue bill. Female is brownish-buff with streaked upperparts and a distinctive pale supercilium; undertail coverts whitish.

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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.

Lake Duck

A stiff-tailed duck (~665 g) of southern South America, family Anatidae, with males displaying ruddy plumage and a bright blue bill. Inhabits freshwater lakes, ponds, and marshes from Brazil to Patagonia. Dives for aquatic plants, seeds, and invertebrates. Least Concern; notable for the proportionally longest penis of any vertebrate relative to body size.

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