Mexican Duck vs American Black Duck

Anas diazi ile kıyaslandığında Anas rubripes

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Mexican Duck American Black Duck
Bilimsel Ad Anas diazi Anas rubripes
Takım Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familya Anatidae Anatidae
Koruma Durumu Not Evaluated Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 53,4 cm (21.0 in)
Ağırlık 1003,75 g (35.41 oz) 1211,25 g (42.73 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 1-13 1-17
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Mexican Duck only

American Black Duck only

Mexican Duck

Freshwater lakes, marshes, and rivers at 1,000–2,500 m in the highlands of Mexico and the southwestern United States. Uses agricultural ponds and irrigation canals.

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

Mexican Duck

Şarkı

Female gives a Mallard-like, descending quacking series; male utters a soft, nasal grunt. Vocalizations essentially identical to Mallard; found in Mexican interior wetlands and the Rio Grande.

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

Not Evaluated

Mexican Duck

Least Concern

American Black Duck

How to Tell Them Apart

Mexican Duck

Tuy

Similar to Mottled Duck; mottled brown plumage with pale buff head showing dark crown and eye stripe. Iridescent blue-purple speculum with white borders. Yellow-orange bill. Both sexes similar. SW USA …

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

Mexican Duck

A large dabbling duck resembling a female Mallard with an olive-green bill, blue speculum, and orange-yellow legs. Found in highland lakes and marshes of Mexico and the southwestern United States. Often considered a Mallard subspecies; sometimes treated as distinct due to limited hybridization.

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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