American Black Duck vs Red-crested Pochard

Anas rubripes в сравнении с Netta rufina

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика American Black Duck Red-crested Pochard
Научное название Anas rubripes Netta rufina
Отряд Anseriformes Anseriformes
Семейство Anatidae Anatidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 53,4 cm (21.0 in) 51,7 cm (20.4 in)
Масса 1211,25 g (42.73 oz) 1087,5 g (38.36 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 1-17 6-14
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

American Black Duck only

Red-crested Pochard only

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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.

Red-crested Pochard

Large freshwater and brackish lakes, reservoirs, river deltas, and coastal lagoons across southern Europe and Central Asia. Winters on large open water bodies in southern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia.

Song & Call Comparison

American Black Duck

Пение

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.

Red-crested Pochard

Пение

Male emits a harsh, rasping errr note; female gives a loud, quacking series. The raspy male call is distinctive among pochards; alarm is an emphatic, repeated series on Eurasian lakes.

Охранный статус

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Red-crested Pochard

How to Tell Them Apart

American Black Duck

Оперение

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 …

Red-crested Pochard

Оперение

Males have rounded orange-rufous head with bright red bill; black breast, neck and undertail; white flanks; brown back. Females dark brown with pale cheeks. Bold white wing stripe in flight. …

About These Birds

American Black Duck

A large dark brown dabbling duck closely resembling a very dark female Mallard, with purple speculum, yellowish-olive bill in males, and orange legs. Common in eastern North America. Hybridizes freely with Mallard; pure populations declining in the interior.

Red-crested Pochard

A large handsome diving duck. Males have a magnificent orange-red rounded head, scarlet bill, black breast and rear, and white flanks; females are brown with contrasting pale cheek. Dives and dabbles for aquatic vegetation. Found across southern Eurasia.

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