Black Swan vs Cinnamon Teal
Cygnus atratus เปรียบเทียบกับ Spatula cyanoptera
Side-by-Side Comparison
| คุณสมบัติ | Black Swan | Cinnamon Teal |
|---|---|---|
| ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ | Cygnus atratus | Spatula cyanoptera |
| อันดับ | Anseriformes | Anseriformes |
| วงศ์ตระกูล | Anatidae | Anatidae |
| สถานะการอนุรักษ์ | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| ความยาว | 130.0 cm (51.2 in) | — |
| กว้างปีก | 190.0 cm (74.8 in) | 37.5 cm (14.8 in) |
| น้ำหนัก | 6200.0 g (218.70 oz) | 406.25 g (14.33 oz) |
| อาหาร | Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow … | Eats seeds, aquatic plants, and invertebrates; dabbles in wetland shallows; broadly omnivorous diet varies with … |
| จำนวนไข่ | 4-6 | 4-16 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Size Comparison
Habitat Comparison
Black Swan
Lakes, rivers, swamps, and coastal waters across Australia. Also found in ornamental lakes in parks.
Cinnamon Teal
Freshwater and brackish marshes, ponds, and shallow lakes with emergent vegetation in western North America and wintering in Central and South America. Uses seasonal wetlands and agricultural ponds.
Song & Call Comparison
Black Swan
Gives a musical bugling 'boo-boo-boo' in flight and softer honking on water. Less vocal than Mute Swan; produces a baying call when alarmed. Wings whistle softly in flight.
Cinnamon Teal
Male produces a high, whistled peep; female gives a soft quacking rattle. The male's bright whistle punctuates North American and South American wetland dawns during migration.
Geographic Range & Migration
Black Swan
Australia, primarily in the southeast and southwest. Introduced populations in New Zealand, Japan, and western Europe.
Cinnamon Teal
Breeds in Arctic Canada and Alaska; winters on sea ice and coasts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific.
สถานะการอนุรักษ์
Black Swan
Cinnamon Teal
How to Tell Them Apart
Black Swan
Almost entirely black with white flight feathers visible in flight. Red bill with a white band near the tip. Dark red to reddish-brown iris.
Bright red bill with a pale tip and prominent white band
Cinnamon Teal
Males striking; deep cinnamon-red head and body with dark brown back. Red eye. Pale blue forewing and green speculum. Females mottled brown with pale blue forewing. Bill spatulate. Dimorphic western …
About These Birds
Black Swan
The black swan was once considered impossible by Europeans who believed all swans were white, making it a famous philosophical example of inductive reasoning failure. It is the state emblem of Western Australia. Black swans form lifelong pair bonds and both parents share in incubation and care of cygnets.
Cinnamon Teal
A small duck. Males are brilliant all-over cinnamon-red with a bright blue-grey wing patch and red eye; females are mottled brown. Found in western North America and South America. Breeds in western United States and winters in Central America and South America.