American Black Duck vs Hartlaub's Duck

Anas rubripes so với Pteronetta hartlaubii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính American Black Duck Hartlaub's Duck
Tên Khoa Học Anas rubripes Pteronetta hartlaubii
Bộ Anseriformes Anseriformes
Họ Anatidae Anatidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 53,4 cm (21.0 in) 53,4 cm (21.0 in)
Khối Lượng 1211,25 g (42.73 oz) 910,0 g (32.10 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- Eats seeds, aquatic invertebrates, and plant matter; dabbles in ponds and marshes; diet more invertebrate-heavy …
Số Trứng 1-17 7-11
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

American Black Duck only

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Hartlaub's Duck only

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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.

Hartlaub's Duck

Tropical rainforest streams, forest pools, and shaded swamps from Guinea and Sierra Leone east through the Congo Basin to Uganda and western Kenya. Requires undisturbed riverine forest with shaded water.

Song & Call Comparison

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.

Hartlaub's Duck

Tiếng Hót

A low, nasal 'quack' and soft 'kek-kek'. Generally quieter than other perching ducks. Calls from dense Central and West African rainforest where it is rarely observed.

Geographic Range & Migration

American Black Duck

Hartlaub's Duck

Breeds in wetlands across Eurasia; winters from Africa and the Middle East to South and Southeast Asia.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Hartlaub's Duck

How to Tell Them Apart

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 …

Hartlaub's Duck

Bộ Lông

Dark chocolate-brown body; white patches at side of head distinctive. Males have dark blue frontal shield extending from bill. Wings show pale blue-gray inner forewing. Legs gray. West African forest …

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.

Hartlaub's Duck

A large dark duck with a chestnut-brown body, dark head and neck, pale blue speculum, and bright red base to the bill in males. Found in tropical African rainforest streams and forest swamps. One of Africa's least-studied ducks. Lives singly or in pairs in shaded forest waterways.

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