Reunion Shelduck vs American Black Duck

Alopochen kervazoi ile kıyaslandığında Anas rubripes

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Reunion Shelduck American Black Duck
Bilimsel Ad Alopochen kervazoi Anas rubripes
Takım Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familya Anatidae Anatidae
Koruma Durumu Extinct Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 53,4 cm (21.0 in)
Ağırlık 1211,25 g (42.73 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü -- 1-17
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Reunion Shelduck only

Hiçbiri

American Black Duck only

Reunion Shelduck

Historically restricted to Réunion Island in the Mascarene archipelago. Now extinct; last evidence from early colonial period. Presumably inhabited freshwater wetland habitats on the island.

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.

Song & Call Comparison

Reunion Shelduck

Şarkı

Extinct (EX); no vocalizations recorded. The Reunion Shelduck was exterminated soon after European contact. No contemporary accounts of its call survive in the historical record.

American Black Duck

Şarkı

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.

Koruma Durumu

Extinct

Reunion Shelduck

Least Concern

American Black Duck

How to Tell Them Apart

Reunion Shelduck

Tuy

Extinct Mascarene species known only from subfossil bones found on Réunion. Plumage unrecorded; presumed similar to Egyptian Goose with brownish-gray tones. Extirpated following European colonization.

American Black Duck

Tuy

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 …

About These Birds

Reunion Shelduck

An extinct shelduck formerly endemic to Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. Known only from subfossil bones and brief historical records from the 17th century. Went extinct shortly after European colonization. No illustrations or detailed physical description of the living bird is known.

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.

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