Jungfernkranich vs Rotkehlchen

Anthropoides virgo verglichen mit Erithacus rubecula

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Jungfernkranich Rotkehlchen
Wissenschaftlicher Name Anthropoides virgo Erithacus rubecula
Ordnung Gruiformes Passeriformes
Familie Gruidae Muscicapidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge 90,0 cm (35.4 in) 14,0 cm (5.5 in)
Flügelspannweite 175,0 cm (68.9 in) 21,0 cm (8.3 in)
Gewicht 2500,0 g (88.18 oz) 18,0 g (0.63 oz)
Ernährung Seeds, grasses, insects, snails, worms, and small vertebrates. Forages in grasslands and agricultural fields. Insects, worms, and berries. Often follows gardeners and large animals to catch invertebrates disturbed from …
Gelegegröße 2 4-7
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Jungfernkranich 90,0 cm
Rotkehlchen 14,0 cm
Flügelspannweite
Jungfernkranich 175,0 cm
Rotkehlchen 21,0 cm
Gewicht
Jungfernkranich 2500,0 g
Rotkehlchen 18,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Jungfernkranich only

Rotkehlchen only

Jungfernkranich

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

Rotkehlchen

Woodlands, hedgerows, parks, and gardens across Europe. Remarkably tame around humans, especially in Britain.

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Song & Call Comparison

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.

Rotkehlchen

Gesang

Exquisite, melancholic melody of thin whistled phrases, rising and falling softly. Rich, warbling song year-round; both sexes sing. Alarm call is a sharp 'tic-tic-tic'.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Jungfernkranich

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

Rotkehlchen

Europe, western Asia, and parts of North Africa. Northern populations migrate south in winter; western European populations are largely resident.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Jungfernkranich

Least Concern

Rotkehlchen

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How to Tell Them Apart

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

Rotkehlchen

Gefieder

Olive-brown upperparts with a warm orange-red breast and face bordered by grey. White belly and undertail coverts.

Schnabel

Thin, pointed dark brown bill

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About These Birds

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.

Rotkehlchen

Das Rotkehlchen zählt zu den beliebtesten Vögeln Großbritanniens, wo es als inoffizieller Nationalvogel gilt. Trotz seines zutraulichen Wesens gegenüber Menschen verteidigt das Rotkehlchen sein Revier gegenüber Artgenossen äußerst aggressiv und singt dafür das ganze Jahr über. Sein unverkennbarer Gesang gehört zu den ersten, die in der Morgendämmerung zu hören sind.

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