Indian Spot-billed Duck vs American Black Duck

Anas poecilorhyncha comparado com Anas rubripes

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Indian Spot-billed Duck American Black Duck
Nome científico Anas poecilorhyncha Anas rubripes
Ordem Anseriformes Anseriformes
Família Anatidae Anatidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 54,4 cm (21.4 in) 53,4 cm (21.0 in)
Peso 1220,0 g (43.03 oz) 1211,25 g (42.73 oz)
Dieta Dives for fish and aquatic invertebrates in clear cold streams; serrated bill adapted for catching … Eats fish and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet shifts toward molluscs …
Tamanho da postura 6-12 1-17
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Indian Spot-billed Duck only

Nenhum

American Black Duck only

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Freshwater lakes, rivers, marshes, rice paddies, and tanks across the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia. Common near human habitation. Largely sedentary with some local seasonal movement.

American Black Duck

Freshwater and brackish wetlands in eastern North America from Atlantic Canada south along the coast to Georgia. Breeds in northern bogs and wetlands. Winters on coastal marshes, estuaries, and freshwater lakes.

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Song & Call Comparison

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Canto

Female gives a loud, emphatic quacking series; male produces a raspy rehb note. Calls are Mallard-like but slightly lower; flocks create a cacophonous quacking chorus on Indian lakes.

American Black Duck

Canto

Female produces a loud, deep quacking series; male gives a low, raspy grunt. Voice is deeper and huskier than a Mallard; pairs call powerfully across northeastern North American wetlands.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Resident in freshwater lakes and rivers across Southeast Asia, from Myanmar to Indonesia and the Philippines.

American Black Duck

Breeds in the steppe zone of Central Asia; winters in South Asia, East Africa, and coastal Southeast Asia.

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Least Concern

American Black Duck

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How to Tell Them Apart

Indian Spot-billed Duck

Plumagem

Large brownish duck with pale face and distinctive yellow-tipped black bill with red basal spot. Dark cap and eye stripe. Iridescent green speculum with white border. White tertials visible at …

American Black Duck

Plumagem

Sooty dark brown body; head and neck paler buff with dark streaking. Iridescent purple speculum without white border. Males have yellow-green bill; females olive with orange blotches. Silvery underwings in …

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About These Birds

Indian Spot-billed Duck

A large brown dabbling duck with distinctive yellow-tipped black bill, red spot at the bill base, white tertials, and blue-green speculum. Common across South and Southeast Asia. Found in a wide range of freshwater habitats. Largely non-migratory.

American Black Duck

O pato-negro americano é um pato dabbling robusto encontrado no leste da América do Norte. É estreitamente relacionado com o pato-real e os dois hybridizam extensivamente. Apresenta uma plumagem escura castanho-preta característica com cabeça mais pálida e espelhos violeta nas asas. Habita zonas húmidas costeiras e de interior, florestas e pradarias ao longo das regiões orientais. É uma espécie cinegética importante, mas as suas populações diminuíram devido à hibridização com patos-reais e perda de habitat.

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