Black Swan vs Blue-winged Teal

Cygnus atratus ile kıyaslandığında Spatula discors

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Black Swan Blue-winged Teal
Bilimsel Ad Cygnus atratus Spatula discors
Takım Anseriformes Anseriformes
Familya Anatidae Anatidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Least Concern
Uzunluk 130,0 cm (51.2 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 190,0 cm (74.8 in) 35,7 cm (14.1 in)
Ağırlık 6200,0 g (218.70 oz) 400,5 g (14.13 oz)
Beslenme Aquatic vegetation and algae, supplemented with grain and pasture grasses. Feeds by upending in shallow … Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates and seeds; diet shifts between plant-heavy and invertebrate-heavy phases seasonally.
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 4-6 6-15
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Black Swan 130,0 cm
Blue-winged Teal
Kanat Açıklığı
Black Swan 190,0 cm
Blue-winged Teal 35,7 cm
Ağırlık
Black Swan 6200,0 g
Blue-winged Teal 400,5 g
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Black Swan only

Hiçbiri

Blue-winged Teal only

Black Swan

Lakes, rivers, swamps, and coastal waters across Australia. Also found in ornamental lakes in parks.

Blue-winged Teal

Breeds on prairie wetlands, lakes, and marshes across North America. Winters on freshwater and coastal wetlands from the southern United States through Central America to South America.

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Song & Call Comparison

Black Swan

Şarkı

Gives a musical bugling 'boo-boo-boo' in flight and softer honking on water. Less vocal than Mute Swan; produces a baying call when alarmed. Wings whistle softly in flight.

Blue-winged Teal

Şarkı

Male gives a high, thin whistle; female produces a rapid, descending quacking laugh. The nasal, laughing female call is immediately recognizable in North American freshwater marshes.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Black Swan

Australia, primarily in the southeast and southwest. Introduced populations in New Zealand, Japan, and western Europe.

Blue-winged Teal

Breeds in tundra of northern Russia and Alaska; winters on the open North Pacific from Alaska to Japan and California.

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Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Black Swan

Least Concern

Blue-winged Teal

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black Swan

Tuy

Almost entirely black with white flight feathers visible in flight. Red bill with a white band near the tip. Dark red to reddish-brown iris.

Gaga

Bright red bill with a pale tip and prominent white band

Blue-winged Teal

Tuy

Males have slate-blue head with bold white crescent before eye. Body brown with dark spots. Pale blue forewing patch and green speculum conspicuous. Females mottled brown with pale loral spot. …

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About These Birds

Black Swan

The black swan was once considered impossible by Europeans who believed all swans were white, making it a famous philosophical example of inductive reasoning failure. It is the state emblem of Western Australia. Black swans form lifelong pair bonds and both parents share in incubation and care of cygnets.

Blue-winged Teal

A small brown teal. Males have a slate-grey head with a large white crescent before the eye and a striking pale blue-grey wing patch visible in flight. One of North America's most abundant ducks. Long-distance migrant; winters from the southern United States to South America.

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