Kernbeißer vs Black Rosy-finch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes verglichen mit Leucosticte atrata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Kernbeißer Black Rosy-finch
Wissenschaftlicher Name Coccothraustes coccothraustes Leucosticte atrata
Ordnung Passeriformes Passeriformes
Familie Fringillidae Fringillidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Endangered
Länge 18,0 cm (7.1 in)
Flügelspannweite 32,0 cm (12.6 in) 21,3 cm (8.4 in)
Gewicht 55,0 g (1.94 oz) 25,5 g (0.90 oz)
Ernährung Seeds and kernels, especially from cherries, olives, elms, and hornbeams. The bill exerts a force … --
Gelegegröße 3-5 3-6
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Kernbeißer 18,0 cm
Black Rosy-finch
Flügelspannweite
Kernbeißer 32,0 cm
Black Rosy-finch 21,3 cm
Gewicht
Kernbeißer 55,0 g
Black Rosy-finch 25,5 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Kernbeißer only

Black Rosy-finch only

Kernbeißer

Deciduous and mixed woodland, orchards, parks, and large gardens with mature fruiting trees.

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Song & Call Comparison

Kernbeißer

Gesang

A sharp, metallic 'tsick' call — the primary vocalization and often all that's heard. Song is a thin, reedy warble. Generally inconspicuous vocally despite its striking appearance.

Black Rosy-finch

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Geographic Range & Migration

Kernbeißer

Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia. Partially migratory, with northern populations moving south in winter.

Black Rosy-finch

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Kernbeißer

Endangered

Black Rosy-finch

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How to Tell Them Apart

Kernbeißer

Gefieder

Orange-brown head with a black bib and eye stripe. Warm brown back, grey nape, and broad white wing bar. Massive head and bill give a top-heavy appearance.

Schnabel

Enormously powerful, conical, pale bill capable of cracking cherry and olive stones

Black Rosy-finch

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About These Birds

Kernbeißer

Der Kernbeißer besitzt im Verhältnis zu seiner Körpergröße den kräftigsten Schnabel aller europäischen Vögel und kann Kirschkerne knacken, für die eine Kraft von 27 bis 43 kg nötig ist. Trotz seines markanten Erscheinungsbilds ist er bekanntermaßen scheu und schwer zu beobachten. Sein Schädel weist besondere Anpassungen auf, um die enormen beim Kernknacken entstehenden Kräfte abzufedern.

Black Rosy-finch

The Black Rosy-finch is an endangered, medium-sized finch with jet-black body plumage and rose-pink wing and rump patches that give the rosy-finch group their name. It breeds at high altitude in rocky alpine terrain of the Rocky Mountains in the western United States, nesting in cliff crevices and talus slopes above the snowline. It feeds on seeds, insects, and invertebrates found at the snow's edge and in alpine meadows.

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