American Black Duck vs Lesser Whistling-duck

Anas rubripes 对比 Dendrocygna javanica

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 American Black Duck Lesser Whistling-duck
学名 Anas rubripes Dendrocygna javanica
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 53.4 cm (21.0 in) 38.8 cm (15.3 in)
体重 1211.25 g (42.73 oz) 525.0 g (18.52 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 1-17 7-17
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

American Black Duck only

Lesser Whistling-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.

Lesser Whistling-duck

Freshwater wetlands, lakes, rice paddies, mangroves, and slow rivers across South and Southeast Asia from India through southern China to Borneo and Indonesia. Common near cultivated land and human settlements.

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.

Lesser Whistling-duck

鸣唱

A softer, higher-pitched whistle than other Dendrocygna. Call is a quick 'we-we' given in flight. Smaller size reflected in higher-pitched and thinner quality of call.

保护状况

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Lesser Whistling-duck

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 …

Lesser Whistling-duck

羽毛

Warm chestnut-brown overall; head and neck brown; upperparts dark brown. Chestnut rump and upper-tail conspicuous in flight. Flanks chestnut with pale streaks. Bill and legs dark gray. Sexes similar.

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.

Lesser Whistling-duck

褐树鸭是亚洲分布最广的树鸭,见于印度、斯里兰卡、东南亚至中国南部。体型小,体羽棕褐色,背部深褐色,腰部栗红色。常在淡水湖泊、稻田和沼泽活动,以水生植物、种子和昆虫为食。在夜间觅食,常结群栖于水边树木上。

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