Black Swan vs Lesser Whistling-duck

Cygnus atratus 비교 대상 Dendrocygna javanica

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Black Swan Lesser Whistling-duck
학명 Cygnus atratus Dendrocygna javanica
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 130.0 cm (51.2 in)
날개 폭 190.0 cm (74.8 in) 38.8 cm (15.3 in)
체중 6200.0 g (218.70 oz) 525.0 g (18.52 oz)
식성 Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow … Grazes subarctic grasses and rushes; migratory; winters on estuarine mudflats and coastal grasslands eating eelgrass …
산란 수 4-6 7-17
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Black Swan 130.0 cm
Lesser Whistling-duck
날개 폭
Black Swan 190.0 cm
Lesser Whistling-duck 38.8 cm
체중
Black Swan 6200.0 g
Lesser Whistling-duck 525.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Black Swan only

없음

Lesser Whistling-duck only

Black Swan

Lakes, rivers, swamps, and coastal waters across Australia. Also found in ornamental lakes in parks.

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.

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Song & Call Comparison

Black Swan

노래

Gives a musical bugling 'boo-boo-boo' in flight and softer honking on water. Less vocal than Mute Swan; produces a baying call when alarmed. Wings whistle softly in flight.

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Black Swan

Australia, primarily in the southeast and southwest. Introduced populations in New Zealand, Japan, and western Europe.

Lesser Whistling-duck

Breeds on tundra of northern Canada and Alaska; winters on the Pacific coast from California to Mexico and Central America.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Black Swan

Least Concern

Lesser Whistling-duck

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black Swan

깃털

Almost entirely black with white flight feathers visible in flight. Red bill with a white band near the tip. Dark red to reddish-brown iris.

부리

Bright red bill with a pale tip and prominent white band

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.

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About These Birds

Black Swan

검은 백조는 한때 모든 백조가 흰색이라고 믿었던 유럽인들에게 불가능하다고 여겨졌으며, 귀납적 추론 실패의 유명한 철학적 예가 됩니다. 서부 오스트레일리아의 주 새입니다. 검은 백조는 평생 짝 유대를 형성하며 양 부모가 포란과 새끼 양육을 공유합니다.

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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