Greater White-fronted Goose vs Greater Scaup

Anser albifrons 비교 대상 Aythya marila

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Greater White-fronted Goose Greater Scaup
학명 Anser albifrons Aythya marila
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 81.6 cm (32.1 in) 42.7 cm (16.8 in)
체중 2471.0 g (87.16 oz) 984.0 g (34.71 oz)
식성 Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding … Eats molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet shifts between invertebrate …
산란 수 3-9 4-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Greater White-fronted Goose only

없음

Greater Scaup only

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.

Greater Scaup

Breeds on tundra and boreal lakes in the Arctic and subarctic across Eurasia and North America. Winters in large numbers on coastal bays, estuaries, and large lakes in temperate regions.

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.

Greater Scaup

노래

Male gives a low, purring wheeze; female produces a harsh, rolling quacking sequence. Calls are very similar to Lesser Scaup but slightly lower-pitched; heard on open ocean bays in winter.

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.

Greater Scaup

Breeds in the high Arctic of North America; winters offshore on the Atlantic coast from Labrador to South Carolina.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

Least Concern

Greater Scaup

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 …

Greater Scaup

깃털

Males have glossy green-black rounded head; white flanks and belly; black breast and undertail; gray back. Yellow eye. Bill blue-gray. Females dark brown with white face patch around bill. Longer …

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.

Greater Scaup

중간 크기의 잠수오리입니다. 수컷은 둥근 녹색 광택 머리, 흰 옆구리, 검은 가슴을 가지며 암컷은 부리 주위에 흰색이 있는 갈색입니다. 작은흰죽지와 유사하지만 머리 모양과 손톱 너비로 구별됩니다. 큰 개활 수역에서 발견됩니다.

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