Reunion Shelduck vs Wandering Whistling-duck

Alopochen kervazoi 对比 Dendrocygna arcuata

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Reunion Shelduck Wandering Whistling-duck
学名 Alopochen kervazoi Dendrocygna arcuata
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保护状况 Extinct Least Concern
体长
翼展 37.2 cm (14.6 in)
体重 779.5 g (27.50 oz)
食性 -- Eats grasses, sedges, and aquatic plants in tundra; winter diet of coastal salt marsh grasses …
产卵数 -- 6-15
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Reunion Shelduck only

Wandering Whistling-duck 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.

Wandering Whistling-duck

Tropical freshwater marshes, flooded grasslands, swamps, and lake margins from the Philippines and Indonesia through Papua New Guinea to northern and eastern Australia. Nomadic following wet season flooding.

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.

Wandering Whistling-duck

鸣唱

A soft whistle 'whi-whi-whi' in flight. Less vocal than other whistling-ducks; flocks tend to be quieter. Given at dawn and dusk during flight to roosting or feeding areas.

Geographic Range & Migration

Reunion Shelduck

Wandering Whistling-duck

Breeds in Arctic and subarctic regions; winters at sea around the Antarctic pack ice, one of the longest migrations known.

保护状况

Extinct

Reunion Shelduck

Least Concern

Wandering Whistling-duck

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.

Wandering Whistling-duck

羽毛

Rich chestnut-brown head and neck; dark brown back. Flanks rufous with pale buff streaks and dark spots. Belly blackish. Long, dark pinkish legs. Upright posture typical of whistling-ducks. 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。

Wandering Whistling-duck

流苏树鸭分布于东南亚至澳大利亚北部的热带地区,包括印度尼西亚、菲律宾和新几内亚。以翼上具浅色流苏状羽毛为特征。体羽褐色,具栗褐色和白色斑纹。栖息于热带淡水湖泊和沼泽,以水生植物和无脊椎动物为食,常在水中觅食,也在树洞中营巢。

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