American Black Duck vs Greylag Goose

Anas rubripes 对比 Anser anser

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 American Black Duck Greylag Goose
学名 Anas rubripes Anser anser
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 53.4 cm (21.0 in) 87.1 cm (34.3 in)
体重 1211.25 g (42.73 oz) 3297.5 g (116.32 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 1-17 3-12
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

American Black Duck only

Greylag Goose 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.

Greylag Goose

Breeds on moorland, bogs, freshwater wetlands, and lake margins across Eurasia from Iceland to central Asia. Winters on estuaries, agricultural fields, and wetlands. Feral populations year-round in parks.

Song & Call Comparison

American Black Duck

鸣唱

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.

Greylag Goose

鸣唱

A deep, loud 'aahng' honking. The ancestral goose of domesticated geese; its call is the template for the classic 'goose honk'. Flocks are highly vocal in flight.

保护状况

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Greylag Goose

How to Tell Them Apart

American Black Duck

羽毛

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 …

Greylag Goose

羽毛

Large and heavy; uniformly gray-brown with pale feather fringes on back. Head and neck grayish-brown. Orange-pink bill; pink legs. Pale gray forewing conspicuous in flight. Ancestor of domestic geese.

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.

Greylag Goose

灰雁是家鹅的野生祖先,广泛分布于欧亚大陆。体型粗壮,羽色灰褐,嘴部呈粉橙色,腿部橙色。繁殖于沼泽、湿地和湖岸,冬季迁徙至南欧、北非及亚洲南部。社群性强,以家庭为单位迁飞,以草地植被、农作物及水生植物为食。

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