Belted Kingfisher vs Great Tit
Megaceryle alcyon 比較対象 Parus major
Side-by-Side Comparison
| 属性 | Belted Kingfisher | Great Tit |
|---|---|---|
| 学名 | Megaceryle alcyon | Parus major |
| 目 | Coraciiformes | Passeriformes |
| 科 | Alcedinidae | Paridae |
| 保全状況 | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| 体長 | 33.0 cm (13.0 in) | 14.0 cm (5.5 in) |
| 翼開長 | 53.0 cm (20.9 in) | 24.0 cm (9.4 in) |
| 体重 | 150.0 g (5.29 oz) | 18.0 g (0.63 oz) |
| 食性 | Primarily small fish caught by plunge-diving from a perch or hover. Also takes crayfish, frogs, … | Insects and spiders in summer, seeds and nuts in winter. A frequent and dominant visitor … |
| 一腹卵数 | 6-7 | 3-18 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Size Comparison
Habitat Comparison
Belted Kingfisher
Rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, estuaries, and coastlines with clear water and suitable perches. Nests in burrows dug into earthen banks.
Great Tit
Deciduous and mixed woodland, parks, gardens, and hedgerows. Readily uses nest boxes. Highly adaptable to human environments.
Song & Call Comparison
Belted Kingfisher
A loud, rattling 'klee-klee-klee-klee' — mechanical and penetrating. Given in flight along rivers. Also a harsh 'kekekek' near nest. Far louder than Common Kingfisher.
Great Tit
A repetitive, teacher-teacher 'tee-cher, tee-cher, tee-cher'. Also gives ringing 'pink-pink' alarm. Highly versatile singer; over 40 song variants recorded from a single male.
Geographic Range & Migration
Belted Kingfisher
North America from Alaska and Canada to Central America and the Caribbean. Northern populations migrate south in winter.
Great Tit
Widespread across Europe and Asia from Britain to Japan, and south to North Africa and Southeast Asia.
保全状況
Belted Kingfisher
Great Tit
How to Tell Them Apart
Belted Kingfisher
Blue-grey upperparts with a shaggy crest and a white collar. Males have a single blue-grey breast band; females have an additional rufous belly band.
Long, heavy, straight, dark dagger-like bill
Great Tit
Blue-black head with white cheeks. Olive-green back, yellow underparts with a broad black central stripe. White wing bar and blue-grey tail.
Short, stout, dark bill
About These Birds
Belted Kingfisher
ミヤマカワセミは雌の方が雄よりも派手な色彩を持つという点でユニークで、赤褐色の腹帯が余分に加わっている。これらの騒々しい鳥は独特のガラガラとした鳴き声で縄張りを宣言する。重厚な嘴を使って河岸に最大2.4mもの深さの営巣穴を掘る。
Great Tit
The great tit is the largest European tit and one of the most studied wild birds in the world. Research at Wytham Woods in Oxford has monitored great tit populations since the 1940s, contributing enormously to ecology and evolution. These innovative birds famously learned to open milk bottle tops in 20th-century Britain.