Greater White-fronted Goose vs Cinnamon Teal

Anser albifrons 对比 Spatula cyanoptera

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Greater White-fronted Goose Cinnamon Teal
学名 Anser albifrons Spatula cyanoptera
Anseriformes Anseriformes
Anatidae Anatidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 81.6 cm (32.1 in) 37.5 cm (14.8 in)
体重 2471.0 g (87.16 oz) 406.25 g (14.33 oz)
食性 Dabbles for aquatic invertebrates, seeds, and plant material; diet shifts heavily toward invertebrates in breeding … Eats seeds, aquatic plants, and invertebrates; dabbles in wetland shallows; broadly omnivorous diet varies with …
产卵数 3-9 4-16
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Greater White-fronted Goose only

Cinnamon Teal only

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds on Arctic and subarctic tundra and peatlands. Winters on estuaries, agricultural fields, freshwater marshes, and flooded meadows across Europe, Asia, and North America. One of the most widespread geese.

Cinnamon Teal

Freshwater and brackish marshes, ponds, and shallow lakes with emergent vegetation in western North America and wintering in Central and South America. Uses seasonal wetlands and agricultural ponds.

Song & Call Comparison

Greater White-fronted Goose

鸣唱

A loud, laughing 'kow-lyuk' or musical 'wah-wah'. Gives a distinctive high-pitched yodeling quality lacking in Greylag. Highly vocal in large winter flocks.

Cinnamon Teal

鸣唱

Male produces a high, whistled peep; female gives a soft quacking rattle. The male's bright whistle punctuates North American and South American wetland dawns during migration.

Geographic Range & Migration

Greater White-fronted Goose

Breeds in the potholes region of the northern Great Plains; winters in the southern United States and along the Gulf Coast.

Cinnamon Teal

Breeds in Arctic Canada and Alaska; winters on sea ice and coasts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific.

保护状况

Least Concern

Greater White-fronted Goose

Least Concern

Cinnamon Teal

How to Tell Them Apart

Greater White-fronted Goose

羽毛

Brown-gray body with white forehead patch bordered by white band at bill base. Underparts with bold irregular black bars on belly. Orange bill; orange-yellow legs. Juveniles lack white front and …

Cinnamon Teal

羽毛

Males striking; deep cinnamon-red head and body with dark brown back. Red eye. Pale blue forewing and green speculum. Females mottled brown with pale blue forewing. Bill spatulate. Dimorphic western …

About These Birds

Greater White-fronted Goose

A medium-large goose with a white forehead patch, orange bill, grey-brown plumage, and variable black barring on the belly. Widespread and numerous; one of the most abundant geese in the world. Breeds across the high Arctic; winters in a wide range of temperate wetland and agricultural habitats.

Cinnamon Teal

北美肉桂色鸭以雄鸟整体肉桂棕红色羽色为特征,翼肩蓝色斑块在飞行时醒目。主要分布于北美西部,越冬于中美洲和南美洲北部。另有南美亚种。栖息于草原湿地和沼泽,以水生植物、无脊椎动物和种子为食。是北美羽色最浓烈的鸭类之一。

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