Demoiselle Crane vs Whooping Crane

Anthropoides virgo 비교 대상 Grus americana

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Demoiselle Crane Whooping Crane
학명 Anthropoides virgo Grus americana
Gruiformes Gruiformes
Gruidae Gruidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Endangered
체장 90.0 cm (35.4 in)
날개 폭 175.0 cm (68.9 in) 121.2 cm (47.7 in)
체중 2500.0 g (88.18 oz) 6789.4 g (239.49 oz)
식성 Seeds, grasses, insects, snails, worms, and small vertebrates. Forages in grasslands and agricultural fields. --
산란 수 2 2
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Demoiselle Crane 90.0 cm
Whooping Crane
날개 폭
Demoiselle Crane 175.0 cm
Whooping Crane 121.2 cm
체중
Demoiselle Crane 2500.0 g
Whooping Crane 6789.4 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Demoiselle Crane only

Whooping Crane only

Demoiselle Crane

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

Song & Call Comparison

Demoiselle Crane

노래

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.

Whooping Crane

Geographic Range & Migration

Demoiselle Crane

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

Whooping Crane

보전 상태

Least Concern

Demoiselle Crane

Endangered

Whooping Crane

How to Tell Them Apart

Demoiselle Crane

깃털

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.

부리

Short, yellowish-olive bill, shorter than other cranes

Whooping Crane

About These Birds

Demoiselle Crane

쇠두루미는 가장 작은 두루미 종이지만 가장 혹독한 이동을 하며, 해발 8,000m 이상의 히말라야를 넘어 인도의 월동지로 향한다. 우아한 외모로 마리 앙투아네트에게 명명되었으며 세계에서 두 번째로 풍부한 두루미 종이다.

Whooping Crane

Whooping Crane (Grus americana) is the tallest North American bird at 150 cm, wingspan 220 cm. All-white except black wingtips and bare red crown and face. Critically Endangered; wild population recovered from just 15 birds in 1941 to ~500 today through intensive conservation. Breeds in Wood Buffalo NP, Canada; winters at Aransas NWR, Texas.

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