Wandering Whistling-duck vs Blue-winged Teal

Dendrocygna arcuata 비교 대상 Spatula discors

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Wandering Whistling-duck Blue-winged Teal
학명 Dendrocygna arcuata Spatula discors
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 37.2 cm (14.6 in) 35.7 cm (14.1 in)
체중 779.5 g (27.50 oz) 400.5 g (14.13 oz)
식성 Eats grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants in tundra; winter diet of coastal salt marsh grasses … Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates and seeds; diet shifts between plant-heavy and invertebrate-heavy phases seasonally.
산란 수 6-15 6-15
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Wandering Whistling-duck only

없음

Blue-winged Teal 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.

Blue-winged Teal

Breeds on prairie wetlands, lakes, and marshes across North America. Winters on freshwater and coastal wetlands from the southern United States through Central America to South America.

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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.

Blue-winged Teal

노래

Male gives a high, thin whistle; female produces a rapid, descending quacking laugh. The nasal, laughing female call is immediately recognizable in North American freshwater marshes.

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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.

Blue-winged Teal

Breeds in tundra of northern Russia and Alaska; winters on the open North Pacific from Alaska to Japan and California.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Wandering Whistling-duck

Least Concern

Blue-winged Teal

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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.

Blue-winged Teal

깃털

Males have slate-blue head with bold white crescent before eye. Body brown with dark spots. Pale blue forewing patch and green speculum conspicuous. Females mottled brown with pale loral spot. …

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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.

Blue-winged Teal

A small brown teal. Males have a slate-grey head with a large white crescent before the eye and a striking pale blue-grey wing patch visible in flight. One of North America's most abundant ducks. Long-distance migrant; winters from the southern United States to South America.

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