Greater White-fronted Goose vs Cinnamon Teal

Anser albifrons 비교 대상 Spatula cyanoptera

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Greater White-fronted Goose Cinnamon Teal
학명 Anser albifrons Spatula cyanoptera
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 81.6 cm (32.1 in) 37.5 cm (14.8 in)
체중 2471.0 g (87.16 oz) 406.25 g (14.33 oz)
식성 Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding … Eats seeds, aquatic plants, and invertebrates; dabbles in wetland shallows; broadly omnivorous diet varies with …
산란 수 3-9 4-16
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Greater White-fronted Goose only

Cinnamon Teal 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.

Cinnamon Teal

Freshwater and brackish marshes, ponds, and shallow lakes with emergent vegetation in western North America and wintering in Central and South America. Uses seasonal wetlands and agricultural ponds.

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.

Cinnamon Teal

노래

Male produces a high, whistled peep; female gives a soft quacking rattle. The male's bright whistle punctuates North American and South American wetland dawns during migration.

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.

Cinnamon Teal

Breeds in Arctic Canada and Alaska; winters on sea ice and coasts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

Least Concern

Cinnamon Teal

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 …

Cinnamon Teal

깃털

Males striking; deep cinnamon-red head and body with dark brown back. Red eye. Pale blue forewing and green speculum. Females mottled brown with pale blue forewing. Bill spatulate. Dimorphic western …

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.

Cinnamon Teal

A small duck. Males are brilliant all-over cinnamon-red with a bright blue-grey wing patch and red eye; females are mottled brown. Found in western North America and South America. Breeds in western United States and winters in Central America and South America.

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