Yellow-billed Teal vs African Black Duck

Anas flavirostris comparado com Anas sparsa

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Yellow-billed Teal African Black Duck
Nome científico Anas flavirostris Anas sparsa
Ordem Anseriformes Anseriformes
Família Anatidae Anatidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 38,2 cm (15.0 in) 49,5 cm (19.5 in)
Peso 609,0 g (21.48 oz) 996,8333333333334 g (35.16 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 5-13 4-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Yellow-billed Teal only

African Black Duck only

Nenhum

Yellow-billed Teal

Freshwater lakes, marshes, rivers, and bogs from sea level to 4,500 m across South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to Tierra del Fuego. Common at high-altitude Andean lakes and puna wetlands.

African Black Duck

Fast-flowing rocky rivers and streams, mountain gorges, and waterfalls from sea level to 4,000 m across sub-Saharan Africa from Ethiopia and Kenya south to the Cape. Requires clear turbulent water with boulders.

Song & Call Comparison

Yellow-billed Teal

Canto

Male utters a high-pitched, clear whistle; female gives a soft, muffled quack. Quiet calls suit the high-altitude Andean wetlands where this teal forages in shallow freshwater.

African Black Duck

Canto

Produces a harsh, resonant quacking call; alarm is a loud, emphatic quack repeated rapidly. Both sexes call with strong quacking; pairs duet with synchronized calls along African rivers.

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Yellow-billed Teal

Least Concern

African Black Duck

How to Tell Them Apart

Yellow-billed Teal

Plumagem

Brownish-gray body finely mottled with dark spots. Diagnostic bright yellow bill with dark culmen stripe. Speculum iridescent green. Head grayish-brown, slightly darker crown. Sexes similar. Andean and Patagonian lakes.

African Black Duck

Plumagem

Dark blackish-brown plumage with bold white spots on back and scapulars. Iridescent blue-green speculum with white borders. Head dark with pale spots. Bill and legs dark gray. Sexes similar. Fast-flowing …

About These Birds

Yellow-billed Teal

A small brown teal with a distinctive bright yellow bill, dark crown, green speculum with white borders, and orange legs. Widespread in South American highland and lowland wetlands. One of the most common ducks in the Andes. Gregarious; forms large flocks outside breeding season.

African Black Duck

O pato-negro-africano é um pato dabbling de tamanho médio das correntes de montanha e rios do leste e sul da África. Tem plumagem preta com barras brancas visíveis no peito e flancos. Habita rios de correnteza rápida com margens rochosas, geralmente em altitudes mais elevadas. É menos dependente de zonas húmidas abertas do que a maioria dos patos dabbling. É encontrado em florestas ribeirínhas e paisagens de savana com rios adequados. É uma espécie residente e não migratória.

More Birds to Explore

Explore the Nature FYI Family