Greater White-fronted Goose vs Lesser Whistling-duck

Anser albifrons 비교 대상 Dendrocygna javanica

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Greater White-fronted Goose Lesser Whistling-duck
학명 Anser albifrons Dendrocygna javanica
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 81.6 cm (32.1 in) 38.8 cm (15.3 in)
체중 2471.0 g (87.16 oz) 525.0 g (18.52 oz)
식성 Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding … --
산란 수 3-9 7-17
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Greater White-fronted Goose only

없음

Lesser Whistling-duck 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.

Lesser Whistling-duck

Freshwater wetlands, lakes, rice paddies, mangroves, and slow rivers across South and Southeast Asia from India through southern China to Borneo and Indonesia. Common near cultivated land and human settlements.

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.

Lesser Whistling-duck

노래

A softer, higher-pitched whistle than other Dendrocygna. Call is a quick 'we-we' given in flight. Smaller size reflected in higher-pitched and thinner quality of call.

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.

Lesser Whistling-duck

보전 상태

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

Least Concern

Lesser Whistling-duck

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 …

Lesser Whistling-duck

깃털

Warm chestnut-brown overall; head and neck brown; upperparts dark brown. Chestnut rump and upper-tail conspicuous in flight. Flanks chestnut with pale streaks. Bill and legs dark gray. Sexes similar.

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.

Lesser Whistling-duck

밤색 위꼬리덮깃, 엷은 얼굴, 어두운 갈색 머리를 가진 소형 따뜻한 갈색 홍따오기. 아시아에서 가장 널리 분포하고 흔한 홍따오기. 인도 아대륙에서 동남아시아까지 담수 습지에 서식. 나무 구멍과 가끔 초가지붕에 둥지를 튼다.

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