American Black Duck vs Canvasback

Anas rubripes 对比 Aythya valisineria

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 American Black Duck Canvasback
学名 Anas rubripes Aythya valisineria
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 53.4 cm (21.0 in) 44.7 cm (17.6 in)
体重 1211.25 g (42.73 oz) 1223.25 g (43.15 oz)
食性 Eats fish and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet shifts toward molluscs … Eats molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic invertebrates; dives in coastal and freshwater habitats; diet dominated by …
产卵数 1-17 2-16
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

American Black Duck only

Canvasback 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.

Canvasback

Breeds on prairie potholes and boreal lakes across western North America. Winters on large open lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, and Chesapeake Bay. Sensitive to loss of prairie wetlands.

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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.

Canvasback

鸣唱

Male produces a low, cooing purr; female gives a harsh, rolling quacking series. Males whisper-call in rolling, cooing notes during courtship; female's harsh quacking is emphatic on North American marshes.

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Geographic Range & Migration

American Black Duck

Breeds in the steppe zone of Central Asia; winters in South Asia, East Africa, and coastal Southeast Asia.

Canvasback

Breeds in wooded wetlands of Canada and the northern United States; winters in the southern US and Central America.

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保护状况

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Canvasback

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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 …

Canvasback

羽毛

Males have rich chestnut-red head and neck; black breast; pale canvas-gray body; white flanks. Sloping forehead profile with dark red bill and red eye. Females gray-brown with reddish-brown head. Dimorphic …

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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.

Canvasback

帆背潜鸭是北美体型最大的潜鸭,因雄鸟拱形的背部轮廓似帆船而得名。繁殖于北美大平原的草原壶穴湿地,越冬于大西洋和太平洋沿岸海湾。雄鸟头部砖红色,背部灰白色,嘴部细长黑色;雌鸟褐色。主要以水下植物茎根为食,善深潜。

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