Greater White-fronted Goose vs Redhead

Anser albifrons 비교 대상 Aythya americana

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Greater White-fronted Goose Redhead
학명 Anser albifrons Aythya americana
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 81.6 cm (32.1 in) 43.7 cm (17.2 in)
체중 2471.0 g (87.16 oz) 1055.0 g (37.21 oz)
식성 Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding … Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates in shallow coastal water; hard-shelled benthic prey dominates …
산란 수 3-9 7-14
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Greater White-fronted Goose only

Redhead only

없음

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds on Arctic and subarctic tundra and peatlands. Winters on estuaries, agricultural fields, freshwater marshes, and flooded meadows across Europe, Asia, and North America. One of the most widespread geese.

Redhead

Breeds on prairie marshes and potholes in western North America. Winters on large bays, coastal waters, lakes, and reservoirs across the southern United States and Mexico. Large concentrations on Laguna Madre, Texas.

Song & Call Comparison

Greater White-fronted Goose

노래

A loud, laughing 'kow-lyuk' or musical 'wah-wah'. Gives a distinctive high-pitched yodeling quality lacking in Greylag. Highly vocal in large winter flocks.

Redhead

노래

Male gives a low, mewing may-heah call; female produces a purring, rolled quacking. The mewing, nasal call is unlike any other North American duck; flocks create a cat-like chorus.

Geographic Range & Migration

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds in the potholes region of the northern Great Plains; winters in the southern United States and along the Gulf Coast.

Redhead

Breeds in boreal and temperate North America; winters from southern Canada to northern South America along both coasts.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

Least Concern

Redhead

How to Tell Them Apart

Greater White-fronted Goose

깃털

Brown-gray body with white forehead patch bordered by white band at bill base. Underparts with bold irregular black bars on belly. Orange bill; orange-yellow legs. Juveniles lack white front and …

Redhead

깃털

Males have rounded rufous-red head; black breast and undertail; pale gray body. Blue-gray bill with white ring and black tip. Red eye. Females brown with paler face. Rounder head than …

About These Birds

Greater White-fronted Goose

흰이마기러기는 북극 툰드라에서 번식하고 온대 지역에서 월동하는 기러기입니다. 성체의 흰 이마와 오렌지색 다리가 특징이며, 농경지와 초원에서 풀과 곡물을 먹습니다.

Redhead

중간 크기의 잠수오리입니다. 수컷은 둥근 붉은색 머리, 검은 가슴과 뒷부분, 회색 몸통을 가지며, 암컷은 갈색입니다. 매우 기생적인 번식 행동으로—암컷이 다른 오리 둥지에 알을 자주 낳습니다. 북미 전역에 분포합니다. 큰 만과 해안 수역에서 월동합니다.

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