Ruddy-headed Goose vs Mandarin Duck

Chloephaga rubidiceps 비교 대상 Aix galericulata

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Ruddy-headed Goose Mandarin Duck
학명 Chloephaga rubidiceps Aix galericulata
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장 44.0 cm (17.3 in)
날개 폭 65.1 cm (25.6 in) 70.0 cm (27.6 in)
체중 1756.8333333333333 g (61.97 oz) 570.0 g (20.11 oz)
식성 -- Seeds, acorns, grains, aquatic plants, insects, snails, and small fish. Forages by dabbling, walking, and …
산란 수 3-8 7-14
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Ruddy-headed Goose
Mandarin Duck 44.0 cm
날개 폭
Ruddy-headed Goose 65.1 cm
Mandarin Duck 70.0 cm
체중
Ruddy-headed Goose 1756.8333333333333 g
Mandarin Duck 570.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Ruddy-headed Goose only

Mandarin Duck only

Ruddy-headed Goose

Breeds on open tussock grasslands and moorland in Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. Mainland wintering population on Patagonian grasslands now critically small. Falkland Islands population relatively stable.

Mandarin Duck

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

Song & Call Comparison

Ruddy-headed Goose

노래

A high, whistled 'whee' from males and a cackling rattle from females. Calls similar to Ashy-headed Goose. Falkland Islands population; calls in open coastal grassland.

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.

Geographic Range & Migration

Ruddy-headed Goose

Mandarin Duck

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

보전 상태

Least Concern

Ruddy-headed Goose

Least Concern

Mandarin Duck

How to Tell Them Apart

Ruddy-headed Goose

깃털

Distinctive rufous-brown head and neck; body barred rufous and black above; underparts buff-white finely barred. Orange-yellow legs. White wing patches in flight. Compact; sexes similar. Falklands and Patagonia.

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

About These Birds

Ruddy-headed Goose

풍성한 적갈색-갈색 머리와 목, 황-흰색 배를 가진 소형 쉘드거위. 파타고니아와 포클랜드 제도 서식. 취약종. 초식성.

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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