Wandering Whistling-duck vs White-winged Scoter

Dendrocygna arcuata 비교 대상 Melanitta deglandi

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Wandering Whistling-duck White-winged Scoter
학명 Dendrocygna arcuata Melanitta deglandi
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 37.2 cm (14.6 in) 54.0 cm (21.3 in)
체중 779.5 g (27.50 oz) 1647.1666666666667 g (58.10 oz)
식성 Eats grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants in tundra; winter diet of coastal salt marsh grasses … Dives for molluscs, crustaceans, and small fish in coastal and inland waters. Favours mussels and …
산란 수 6-15 6-16
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Wandering Whistling-duck only

없음

White-winged Scoter only

Wandering Whistling-duck

Tropical freshwater marshes, flooded grasslands, swamps, and lake margins from the Philippines and Indonesia through Papua New Guinea to northern and eastern Australia. Nomadic following wet season flooding.

Song & Call Comparison

Wandering Whistling-duck

노래

A soft whistle 'whi-whi-whi' in flight. Less vocal than other whistling-ducks; flocks tend to be quieter. Given at dawn and dusk during flight to roosting or feeding areas.

White-winged Scoter

노래

Male produces a soft, whistled note; female gives a harsh, grating call. Similar to Velvet Scoter; the female's rasping call carries across North Pacific bays and coastal inlets.

Geographic Range & Migration

Wandering Whistling-duck

Breeds in Arctic and subarctic regions; winters at sea around the Antarctic pack ice, one of the longest migrations known.

White-winged Scoter

Breeds in boreal forest and tundra of interior North America. Winters along Pacific and Atlantic coasts south to California and the Gulf states.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Wandering Whistling-duck

Least Concern

White-winged Scoter

How to Tell Them Apart

Wandering Whistling-duck

깃털

Rich chestnut-brown head and neck; dark brown back. Flanks rufous with pale buff streaks and dark spots. Belly blackish. Long, dark pinkish legs. Upright posture typical of whistling-ducks. Sexes similar.

White-winged Scoter

깃털

Male is black with conspicuous white secondaries and a white comma-shaped mark below eye; orange-yellow bill with black basal knob. Female dark brownish-black with two pale facial patches and white …

About These Birds

Wandering Whistling-duck

황갈색-갈색 몸통, 어두운 갈색 등, 엷은 황갈색 아랫면, 밤색 목깃을 가진 중형 홍따오기. 인도네시아에서 호주·태평양 섬까지 열대 습지에 서식. 매우 사회적이고 유목성. 얕은 담수에서 수면 채이기와 잠수로 채이며 먹이를 구한다.

White-winged Scoter

대형 해오리로 체장 51–58cm이며, 수컷은 전신이 검은색에 흰 눈 반점과 노란색 혹이 있는 오렌지색 부리를 갖는다. 북아메리카 내륙 습지에서 번식하고 태평양 해안에서 월동한다. 잠수하여 연체동물과 갑각류를 먹는다. 관심 필요 종이다.

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