Harpyie vs Eissturmvogel

Harpia harpyja verglichen mit Fulmarus glacialis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Harpyie Eissturmvogel
Wissenschaftlicher Name Harpia harpyja Fulmarus glacialis
Ordnung Accipitriformes Procellariiformes
Familie Accipitridae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Least Concern
Länge 100,0 cm (39.4 in) 47,0 cm (18.5 in)
Flügelspannweite 200,0 cm (78.7 in) 107,0 cm (42.1 in)
Gewicht 7500,0 g (264.55 oz) 750,0 g (26.46 oz)
Ernährung Arboreal mammals including sloths, monkeys, and opossums, which make up over 70% of the diet. … Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving.
Gelegegröße 2-3 1
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Harpyie 100,0 cm
Eissturmvogel 47,0 cm
Flügelspannweite
Harpyie 200,0 cm
Eissturmvogel 107,0 cm
Gewicht
Harpyie 7500,0 g
Eissturmvogel 750,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

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Harpyie

Tropical lowland rainforests, requiring large tracts of continuous forest with tall emergent trees for nesting.

Eissturmvogel

Open ocean and sea cliffs. Breeds on cliff ledges and grassy slopes on northern coastlines. Pelagic outside breeding season.

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Song & Call Comparison

Harpyie

Gesang

Rarely heard; emits mournful whistled screams 'wheee-oo' and low croaking grunts near the nest. Vocalizations poorly documented given its remote Amazonian habitat.

Eissturmvogel

Gesang

A nasal, cackling 'kak-kak-kak-kak' or grunting 'uh-uh-uh' at the nest and colony. Less melodic than petrels. In flight gives occasional single nasal calls.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Harpyie

Central and South America from southern Mexico through Brazil and northern Argentina. Range is shrinking due to deforestation.

Eissturmvogel

North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Breeds from the Arctic south to Britain, France, and New England.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Harpyie

Least Concern

Eissturmvogel

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How to Tell Them Apart

Harpyie

Gefieder

Slate-black upperparts and head with a pale grey breast and white underparts with black barring. A distinctive split grey crest rises when the bird is alarmed.

Schnabel

Massive dark hooked bill, one of the largest of any eagle

Eissturmvogel

Gefieder

Light morph: white head and underparts with grey wings and back. Dark morph: entirely grey. Tube-nosed bill and stiff-winged flight distinctive at sea.

Schnabel

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

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About These Birds

Harpyie

Die Harpyie zählt zu den kraftvollsten Greifvögeln der Welt und besitzt Krallen von der Größe der Klauen eines Grizzlybären. Sie ist der Nationalvogel Panamas. Die größte Bedrohung für die Art ist die Abholzung der Wälder, da jedes Brutpaar ein weites Revier unberührten Waldes benötigt.

Eissturmvogel

Der Eissturmvogel ist ein langlebiger Seevogel, der über 40 Jahre alt werden kann. Er verteidigt sein Nest, indem er Eindringlinge mit übel riechendem Magenöl bespuckt, das die Federn von Fressfeinden verkleben und deren Wasserdichtigkeit zerstören kann – mitunter mit tödlichen Folgen. Der Eissturmvogel hat sein Brutgebiet in den letzten zwei Jahrhunderten drastisch nach Süden ausgedehnt.

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