Greater White-fronted Goose vs Common Goldeneye

Anser albifrons 비교 대상 Bucephala clangula

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Greater White-fronted Goose Common Goldeneye
학명 Anser albifrons Bucephala clangula
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 81.6 cm (32.1 in) 41.7 cm (16.4 in)
체중 2471.0 g (87.16 oz) 921.0 g (32.49 oz)
식성 Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding … Dives for aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans, molluscs, and small fish. Forages in lakes, rivers, and coastal …
산란 수 3-9 1-28
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Greater White-fronted Goose only

Common Goldeneye 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.

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.

Common Goldeneye

노래

Male emits a buzzy, insect-like zeee-zeee-zeee wing whistle; female gives a grating quack. The mechanical wing-whistle produced by the male in display flight is the species' most distinctive sound.

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.

Common Goldeneye

Breeds across boreal forests of North America, Europe, and Asia. Winters on coasts and large lakes south to the Mediterranean and the Gulf states.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

Least Concern

Common Goldeneye

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 …

Common Goldeneye

깃털

Male has glossy green-black head with round white spot at bill base; body white with black back and scapulars; yellow eye. Female has chocolate-brown head, white collar, and grey body.

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.

Common Goldeneye

수컷은 이리데슨트 녹색 머리와 둥근 흰 뺨 반점을 가진 중간 크기의 잠수오리(약 920g)입니다. 유라시아와 북미 전역의 나무 구멍에 둥지를 틀어 아한대 호수와 강 근처에서 번식하며 해안 및 내륙 수역에서 월동합니다. 무척추동물, 물고기, 식물 재료를 잠수하여 먹습니다. 넓게 분포하는 관심대상 종입니다.

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