American Black Duck vs Pink-headed Duck

Anas rubripes so với Rhodonessa caryophyllacea

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính American Black Duck Pink-headed Duck
Tên Khoa Học Anas rubripes Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
Bộ Anseriformes Anseriformes
Họ Anatidae Anatidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Critically Endangered
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 53,4 cm (21.0 in) 50,2 cm (19.8 in)
Khối Lượng 1211,25 g (42.73 oz) 963,8 g (34.00 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 1-17 5-10
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

American Black Duck only

Pink-headed Duck only

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.

Pink-headed Duck

Historically inhabited secluded freshwater pools, lakes, and marshes in tall grass and forest in the Ganges and Brahmaputra plains of India, Nepal, and Myanmar. Now possibly extinct or extremely rare.

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.

Pink-headed Duck

Tiếng Hót

Critically Endangered; likely gives a soft, resonant quacking note judging from close relatives. The Pink-headed Duck may have produced a distinctive, mellow whistle unlike other pochards.

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Critically Endangered

Pink-headed 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 …

Pink-headed Duck

Bộ Lông

Unmistakable; males have strikingly bright pink head and neck contrasting with dark chocolate-brown body and wings. Pink bill. Females have paler pink head. Possibly extinct; last confirmed 1949. Critically endangered …

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.

Pink-headed Duck

Possibly extinct; a distinctive large diving duck formerly found in the Ganges plains of India and Myanmar. Males had a deep pink head and neck contrasting with dark chocolate-brown body. Last confirmed sightings in the 1940s. One of Asia's greatest bird mysteries.

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