Campbell Teal vs American Black Duck

Anas nesiotis so với Anas rubripes

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Campbell Teal American Black Duck
Tên Khoa Học Anas nesiotis Anas rubripes
Bộ Anseriformes Anseriformes
Họ Anatidae Anatidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Vulnerable Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 24,4 cm (9.6 in) 53,4 cm (21.0 in)
Khối Lượng 358,75 g (12.65 oz) 1211,25 g (42.73 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 5-6 1-17
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Campbell Teal only

American Black Duck only

Campbell Teal

Restricted to Campbell Island and Dent Island in the subantarctic New Zealand group. Dense tussock grassland, rocky shores, and freshwater streams. Nocturnal or crepuscular. Highly sedentary.

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

Campbell Teal

Tiếng Hót

Female produces a very soft quacking note; male gives a faint squeak. Near-silent; rarely vocalizes; the reduced call apparatus mirrors the species' severely limited wingspan and near-flightlessness.

American Black Duck

Tiếng Hót

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.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Vulnerable

Campbell Teal

Least Concern

American Black Duck

How to Tell Them Apart

Campbell Teal

Bộ Lông

Very dark brown plumage; males have iridescent green head gloss and white eye-ring. Females dark brown with white eye-ring. Flightless; tiny vestigial wings. Recovered from near-extinction on Campbell Island, New …

American Black Duck

Bộ Lông

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

Campbell Teal

A tiny flightless teal with dark brown plumage in females and males with greenish-black head. Endemic to Campbell Island, New Zealand. Nearly extinct; reintroduced after eradication of Norway rats from the island. Nocturnal; feeds on invertebrates at freshwater sources.

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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