Green-winged Teal vs Greater White-fronted Goose

Anas carolinensis so với Anser albifrons

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Green-winged Teal Greater White-fronted Goose
Tên Khoa Học Anas carolinensis Anser albifrons
Bộ Anseriformes Anseriformes
Họ Anatidae Anatidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 35,0 cm (13.8 in) 81,6 cm (32.1 in)
Khối Lượng 330,5 g (11.66 oz) 2471,0 g (87.16 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Eats aquatic invertebrates, molluscs, and seeds; dives in shallow water; diet shifts between invertebrates and … Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding …
Số Trứng -- 3-9
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Green-winged Teal only

Không

Greater White-fronted Goose only

Green-winged Teal

Breeds on boreal and subarctic wetlands across North America. Winters on freshwater marshes, coastal estuaries, rice paddies, and shallow wetlands from the southern United States to Central America and the Caribbean.

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds on Arctic and subarctic tundra and peatlands. Winters on estuaries, agricultural fields, freshwater marshes, and flooded meadows across Europe, Asia, and North America. One of the most widespread geese.

Song & Call Comparison

Green-winged Teal

Tiếng Hót

Male produces a high, clear krick call; female gives a subdued quack. Closely related to Common Teal; male's ringing call punctuates North American freshwater marshes in spring.

Greater White-fronted Goose

Tiếng Hót

A loud, laughing 'kow-lyuk' or musical 'wah-wah'. Gives a distinctive high-pitched yodeling quality lacking in Greylag. Highly vocal in large winter flocks.

Geographic Range & Migration

Green-winged Teal

Breeds in Arctic regions; winters at sea across the North Pacific, from Alaska to Japan and northern California.

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds in the potholes region of the northern Great Plains; winters in the southern United States and along the Gulf Coast.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Green-winged Teal

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

How to Tell Them Apart

Green-winged Teal

Bộ Lông

Males have chestnut head with iridescent green eye patch; gray body; vertical white shoulder stripe (vs. horizontal in Common Teal). Cream and black undertail. Females mottled brown. Smallest North American …

Greater White-fronted Goose

Bộ Lông

Brown-gray body with white forehead patch bordered by white band at bill base. Underparts with bold irregular black bars on belly. Orange bill; orange-yellow legs. Juveniles lack white front and …

About These Birds

Green-winged Teal

A small dabbling duck, the North American counterpart to Common Teal. Males have a rich chestnut head with broad metallic green eye-stripe, finely vermiculated grey body, and a distinctive white vertical breast stripe. One of North America's most abundant ducks.

Greater White-fronted Goose

A medium-large goose with a white forehead patch, orange bill, grey-brown plumage, and variable black barring on the belly. Widespread and numerous; one of the most abundant geese in the world. Breeds across the high Arctic; winters in a wide range of temperate wetland and agricultural habitats.

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