Common Pochard vs Mandarin Duck

Aythya ferina 비교 대상 Aix galericulata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Common Pochard Mandarin Duck
학명 Aythya ferina Aix galericulata
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Vulnerable Least Concern
체장 44.0 cm (17.3 in)
날개 폭 41.7 cm (16.4 in) 70.0 cm (27.6 in)
체중 845.5 g (29.82 oz) 570.0 g (20.11 oz)
식성 Eats molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates; dives in shallow water; diet dominated by hard-shelled benthic … Seeds, acorns, grains, aquatic plants, insects, snails, and small fish. Forages by dabbling, walking, and …
산란 수 3-22 7-14
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Common Pochard
Mandarin Duck 44.0 cm
날개 폭
Common Pochard 41.7 cm
Mandarin Duck 70.0 cm
체중
Common Pochard 845.5 g
Mandarin Duck 570.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Common Pochard only

Mandarin Duck only

Common Pochard

Breeds on freshwater lakes and marshes with emergent vegetation across Eurasia from Iceland and western Europe east to Siberia. Winters on large open lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries.

Mandarin Duck

Wooded lakes, rivers, and ponds surrounded by dense forest. Unlike most ducks, regularly perches in trees and nests in tree cavities.

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Song & Call Comparison

Common Pochard

노래

Male emits a soft, wheezing purr; female gives a harsh, grating quacking series. The male's gentle, sibilant purring contrasts with the female's loud, grating call on European and Asian lakes.

Mandarin Duck

노래

Male gives a low whistled 'hib' or 'weep'. Female utters a soft quacking 'kek'. Generally quiet and secretive. No loud territorial song; vocalizations subtle and brief.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Common Pochard

Breeds across northern and central North America; winters in Mexico, Central America, and along both US coasts.

Mandarin Duck

Native to East Asia including eastern Russia, China, Japan, and Korea. Feral populations established in Britain and western Europe.

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보전 상태

Vulnerable

Common Pochard

Least Concern

Mandarin Duck

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How to Tell Them Apart

Common Pochard

깃털

Males have chestnut-red head and neck; black breast; pale gray body; black undertail. Red eye. Blue-gray bill with dark base and tip. Females brown with pale face and eye-ring. Gray …

Mandarin Duck

깃털

Breeding males have an elaborate pattern of orange, green, white, and purple with distinctive orange sail feathers on the back. Females are grey-brown with a white eye-ring and stripe.

부리

Small red bill in breeding males, pinkish in females

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About These Birds

Common Pochard

중간 크기의 잠수오리입니다. 수컷은 풍부한 밤색 빨간 머리, 검은 가슴, 연한 회색 몸통을 가지며 암컷은 창백한 얼굴의 갈색입니다. 유라시아 전역에 넓게 분포합니다. 개체수가 급격히 감소 중이며 유럽 적색목록에서 취약(VU) 종입니다.

Mandarin Duck

중간 크기의 아름다운 오리로 체장 41–49cm이며, 수컷은 오렌지색 볏, 녹색과 보라색 관, 흰색 눈썹, 청동색 옆구리가 화려하게 어우러진 깃털을 갖는다. 동아시아 산지 숲 속 호수와 하천에 서식하며, 유럽과 북아메리카에도 도입되었다. 견과류, 씨앗, 수생식물을 먹는다. 관심 필요 종이다.

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