American Black Duck vs Cinnamon Teal

Anas rubripes ile kıyaslandığında Spatula cyanoptera

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik American Black Duck Cinnamon Teal
Bilimsel Ad Anas rubripes Spatula cyanoptera
Takım Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familya Anatidae Anatidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 53,4 cm (21.0 in) 37,5 cm (14.8 in)
Ağırlık 1211,25 g (42.73 oz) 406,25 g (14.33 oz)
Beslenme Eats fish and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet shifts toward molluscs … Eats seeds, aquatic plants, and invertebrates; dabbles in wetland shallows; broadly omnivorous diet varies with …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 1-17 4-16
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

American Black Duck only

Cinnamon Teal only

Hiçbiri

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.

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.

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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.

Cinnamon Teal

Şarkı

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

American Black Duck

Breeds in the steppe zone of Central Asia; winters in South Asia, East Africa, and coastal Southeast Asia.

Cinnamon Teal

Breeds in Arctic Canada and Alaska; winters on sea ice and coasts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Cinnamon Teal

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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 …

Cinnamon Teal

Tuy

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 …

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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.

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.

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