Reunion Shelduck vs Brent Goose

Alopochen kervazoi 对比 Branta bernicla

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Reunion Shelduck Brent Goose
学名 Alopochen kervazoi Branta bernicla
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保护状况 Extinct Least Concern
体长
翼展 63.9 cm (25.2 in)
体重 1335.0 g (47.09 oz)
食性 -- Primarily herbivorous; grazes aquatic plants, grasses, and sedges; swans upend in shallow water for submerged …
产卵数 -- 1-10
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Reunion Shelduck only

Brent Goose only

Reunion Shelduck

Historically restricted to Réunion Island in the Mascarene archipelago. Now extinct; last evidence from early colonial period. Presumably inhabited freshwater wetland habitats on the island.

Brent Goose

Breeds on high-Arctic tundra; winters on estuaries, coastal mudflats, saltmarshes, and sea-grass beds along Atlantic and Pacific coastlines. One of the most strictly coastal wintering geese.

Song & Call Comparison

Reunion Shelduck

鸣唱

Extinct (EX); no vocalizations recorded. The Reunion Shelduck was exterminated soon after European contact. No contemporary accounts of its call survive in the historical record.

Brent Goose

鸣唱

A low, guttural 'rronk' or 'ronk-ronk' from flocks. Soft nasal calls in feeding groups. A subtle, understated call for a goose — less loud than most Anser geese.

Geographic Range & Migration

Reunion Shelduck

Brent Goose

Breeds across boreal and subarctic Canada and Alaska; winters in the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America.

保护状况

Extinct

Reunion Shelduck

Least Concern

Brent Goose

How to Tell Them Apart

Reunion Shelduck

羽毛

Extinct Mascarene species known only from subfossil bones found on Réunion. Plumage unrecorded; presumed similar to Egyptian Goose with brownish-gray tones. Extirpated following European colonization.

Brent Goose

羽毛

Small; mostly black head, neck, and breast. Small white neck-patch on adults. Back dark brownish-gray; belly pale gray to white depending on subspecies. White undertail coverts. Sexes similar.

About These Birds

Reunion Shelduck

留尼汪麻鸭(Alopochen kervazoi)是一种曾特产于印度洋留尼汪岛的已灭绝麻鸭。属鸭科(Anatidae),仅凭亚化石骨骼和历史记录得知,因人类定居后引进的哺乳动物掠食和猎捕而灭绝。

Brent Goose

黑雁是小型海雁,繁殖于北极苔原,越冬于温带沿海地区。全身黑色,颈部有白色斑纹,腹部浅色或深色(因亚种而异)。以海草(大叶藻)和潮间带植物为食,高度依赖沿海湿地。在欧洲和北美分布有多个亚种,其中部分亚种数量因大叶藻减少而受到威胁。

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