Schleiereule vs Jungfernkranich

Tyto alba verglichen mit Anthropoides virgo

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Schleiereule Jungfernkranich
Wissenschaftlicher Name Tyto alba Anthropoides virgo
Ordnung Strigiformes Gruiformes
Familie Tytonidae Gruidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge 35,0 cm (13.8 in) 90,0 cm (35.4 in)
Flügelspannweite 90,0 cm (35.4 in) 175,0 cm (68.9 in)
Gewicht 350,0 g (12.35 oz) 2500,0 g (88.18 oz)
Ernährung Almost exclusively small mammals, especially voles and mice. Hunts using extraordinary hearing to locate prey … Seeds, grasses, insects, snails, worms, and small vertebrates. Forages in grasslands and agricultural fields.
Gelegegröße 2-16 2
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Schleiereule 35,0 cm
Jungfernkranich 90,0 cm
Flügelspannweite
Schleiereule 90,0 cm
Jungfernkranich 175,0 cm
Gewicht
Schleiereule 350,0 g
Jungfernkranich 2500,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Schleiereule only

Jungfernkranich only

Schleiereule

Open farmland, grasslands, and marshes. Nests in barns, church steeples, tree cavities, and purpose-built nest boxes.

Jungfernkranich

Dry grasslands, savannas, and semi-desert. Nests on the ground in open country, often near water. Winters in agricultural fields.

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Song & Call Comparison

Schleiereule

Gesang

An eerie, drawn-out rasping shriek 'shreeeeee' — not a hoot. Also gives hissing, snoring, and bill-snapping when disturbed. Chicks call with a persistent rasping hunger call.

Jungfernkranich

Gesang

A high-pitched, bugling 'karr-r-r' in flight. Also gives softer clucking and purring contact calls. Migrating flocks produce a continuous musical babbling audible from great distance.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Schleiereule

The most widespread owl and one of the most widespread land birds, found on every continent except Antarctica.

Jungfernkranich

Central Eurasia from the Black Sea to Mongolia and northeastern China. Winters in India and sub-Saharan Africa.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Schleiereule

Least Concern

Jungfernkranich

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How to Tell Them Apart

Schleiereule

Gefieder

Pale golden-buff upperparts with delicate grey mottling. Pure white heart-shaped face and white to pale buff underparts. Ghostly white appearance in flight.

Schnabel

Pale pinkish hooked bill nearly concealed by the facial disc

Jungfernkranich

Gefieder

Pale blue-grey body with a black head, neck, and breast plumes. White ear tufts extend behind the red eyes. Long black tertials drape over the tail.

Schnabel

Short, yellowish-olive bill, shorter than other cranes

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About These Birds

Schleiereule

Die Schleiereule besitzt die asymmetrischsten Ohren aller Eulen und damit das feinste Gehörsortungsvermögen im Tierreich. Sie kann Beute allein anhand von Geräuschen in völliger Dunkelheit fangen. Der markante herzförmige Gesichtsschleier der Schleiereule wirkt wie eine Parabolschüssel und leitet den Schall zu den versetzt angeordneten Ohren.

Jungfernkranich

Der Jungfernkranich ist die kleinste Kranichart, unternimmt jedoch einen der anstrengendsten Vogelzüge, indem er den Himalaya in Höhen von über 8.000 Metern überquert, um seine Winterquartiere in Indien zu erreichen. Wegen seiner eleganten Erscheinung von Marie-Antoinette benannt, ist er die zweithäufigste Kranichart der Welt.

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