American Black Duck vs Rosy-billed Pochard

Anas rubripes 对比 Netta peposaca

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 American Black Duck Rosy-billed Pochard
学名 Anas rubripes Netta peposaca
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 53.4 cm (21.0 in) 46.1 cm (18.1 in)
体重 1211.25 g (42.73 oz) 1103.4 g (38.92 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 shallow coastal water; diet dominated by invertebrates.
产卵数 1-17 10
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

American Black Duck only

Rosy-billed Pochard 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.

Rosy-billed Pochard

Freshwater lakes, marshes, and lagoons in southern South America from central Brazil through Bolivia, Uruguay, and Argentina to Patagonia. Often on large open lakes. Partially migratory; moves northward in winter.

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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.

Rosy-billed Pochard

鸣唱

Male gives a deep, burping boom; female produces a loud, grunting quack. The male's resonant booming call during display is among the most powerful calls of South American wildfowl.

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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.

Rosy-billed Pochard

Breeds in northern prairies; winters on interior wetlands and coasts from the southern US to Central America.

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保护状况

Least Concern

American Black Duck

Least Concern

Rosy-billed Pochard

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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 …

Rosy-billed Pochard

羽毛

Males dark sooty-black with iridescent purple gloss on head; bright rosy-red bill with pink knob. White flanks visible when at rest. Females brown with pale face and gray bill. Bold …

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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.

Rosy-billed Pochard

华美潜鸭是南美洲的大型潜鸭,雄鸟嘴部鲜红色基部具明亮的橙白色疣突,头部黑色,体羽黑白相间,十分醒目;雌鸟褐色,嘴部灰色。分布于阿根廷、智利、乌拉圭和巴西南部的湖泊和沼泽。以水生植物为食,是南美洲最具特色的潜鸭之一。

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