American Black Duck vs Siberian Scoter

Anas rubripes ile kıyaslandığında Melanitta stejnegeri

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik American Black Duck Siberian Scoter
Bilimsel Ad Anas rubripes Melanitta stejnegeri
Takım Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familya Anatidae Anatidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 53,4 cm (21.0 in) 53,4 cm (21.0 in)
Ağırlık 1211,25 g (42.73 oz) 1267,5 g (44.71 oz)
Beslenme -- Dives for bivalves, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates in coastal East Asian waters. Diet similar to …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 1-17 6-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

American Black Duck only

Siberian Scoter only

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

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.

Siberian Scoter

Şarkı

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

American 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.

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Siberian Scoter

How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Siberian Scoter

Tuy

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

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.

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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