African Black Duck vs Siberian Scoter

Anas sparsa เปรียบเทียบกับ Melanitta stejnegeri

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ African Black Duck Siberian Scoter
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Anas sparsa Melanitta stejnegeri
อันดับ Anseriformes Anseriformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Anatidae Anatidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 49.5 cm (19.5 in) 53.4 cm (21.0 in)
น้ำหนัก 996.8333333333334 g (35.16 oz) 1267.5 g (44.71 oz)
อาหาร -- Dives for bivalves, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates in coastal East Asian waters. Diet similar to …
จำนวนไข่ 4-9 6-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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African Black Duck only

Siberian Scoter only

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

African Black Duck

เสียงร้อง

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.

Siberian Scoter

เสียงร้อง

Male emits a soft, piping whistle; female produces a guttural, grating call. Voice resembles White-winged Scoter; heard during winter on East Asian coasts and large inland seas.

Geographic Range & Migration

African Black Duck

Siberian Scoter

Breeds in boreal forests and tundra of central and eastern Siberia. Winters along the coasts of Japan, Korea, and northeastern China.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

African Black Duck

Least Concern

Siberian Scoter

How to Tell Them Apart

African Black Duck

ขนนก

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 …

Siberian Scoter

ขนนก

Male is uniformly black with white secondaries forming wing patch; orange-yellow bill has large black knob at base and pale yellow tip. Female dark brown with paler facial patches and …

About These Birds

African Black Duck

A medium-sized dark brown duck with white spots on the back, a dark bill, and orange legs. Found along fast-flowing rocky rivers and streams in Africa. Territorial and monogamous; pairs defend stretches of river. Related to Pacific Black Duck.

Siberian Scoter

A medium-large sea duck (~1.3 kg) of family Anatidae, closely related to White-winged Scoter and endemic to eastern Siberia and northeastern Asia. Breeds near boreal lakes and winters in coastal seas of East Asia. Feeds by diving for benthic mollusks and crustaceans. Least Concern; recently split from White-winged Scoter as a distinct species.

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