Mottled Duck vs American Black Duck

Anas fulvigula ile kıyaslandığında Anas rubripes

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Mottled Duck American Black Duck
Bilimsel Ad Anas fulvigula Anas rubripes
Takım Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familya Anatidae Anatidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 48,9 cm (19.3 in) 53,4 cm (21.0 in)
Ağırlık 1027,5 g (36.24 oz) 1211,25 g (42.73 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 9-13 1-17
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Mottled Duck only

Hiçbiri

American Black Duck only

Mottled Duck

Coastal freshwater and brackish marshes, wet prairies, and gulf coast wetlands in Florida and along the Gulf of Mexico coast to Texas. Non-migratory year-round resident. Threatened by Mallard hybridization.

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

Mottled Duck

Şarkı

Female gives a loud, Mallard-like quacking series; male produces a soft, nasal note. Alarm call is a rapid, emphatic quacking burst; flocks generate a loud chorus on Gulf Coast marshes.

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

Least Concern

Mottled Duck

Least Concern

American Black Duck

How to Tell Them Apart

Mottled Duck

Tuy

Rich mottled brown plumage with buff-edged feathers and pale buff head and throat. Dark crown and eye stripe. Iridescent blue speculum with white border. Yellow-orange bill. Sexes similar. Resembles non-breeding …

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

Mottled Duck

A medium-sized buff-brown dabbling duck closely related to the Mallard, with a plain brown body, yellow bill, and blue speculum. Non-migratory; restricted to coastal marshes of Florida and the Gulf Coast. Threatened by hybridization with introduced Mallards in Florida.

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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