Demoiselle Crane vs Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

Anthropoides virgo 비교 대상 Cicinnurus respublica

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Demoiselle Crane Wilson's Bird-of-paradise
학명 Anthropoides virgo Cicinnurus respublica
Gruiformes Passeriformes
Gruidae Paradisaeidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Near Threatened
체장 90.0 cm (35.4 in) 16.0 cm (6.3 in)
날개 폭 175.0 cm (68.9 in) 19.0 cm (7.5 in)
체중 2500.0 g (88.18 oz) 55.0 g (1.94 oz)
식성 Seeds, grasses, insects, snails, worms, and small vertebrates. Forages in grasslands and agricultural fields. Fruit and insects gleaned from the forest canopy and subcanopy. Particularly favors figs.
산란 수 2 --
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Demoiselle Crane 90.0 cm
Wilson's Bird-of-paradise 16.0 cm
날개 폭
Demoiselle Crane 175.0 cm
Wilson's Bird-of-paradise 19.0 cm
체중
Demoiselle Crane 2500.0 g
Wilson's Bird-of-paradise 55.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Demoiselle Crane only

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise only

Demoiselle Crane

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

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

Lowland and hill forests on the small islands of Waigeo and Batanta in the Raja Ampat archipelago, Indonesia.

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.

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

노래

Male gives a harsh, nasal 'waah' or 'eeah' from display perch. Song is poorly documented in wild. Also produces mechanical rattling wing sounds during display flights.

Geographic Range & Migration

Demoiselle Crane

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

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

Endemic to the islands of Waigeo and Batanta off the northwestern tip of New Guinea, Indonesia.

보전 상태

Least Concern

Demoiselle Crane

Near Threatened

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

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

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

깃털

Males have a brilliant red back, yellow nape, turquoise blue bare crown, and green breast shield. Violet-blue curled tail wires. Females are brownish with bare blue crown.

부리

Short, slightly curved greyish bill

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.

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

Wilson's bird-of-paradise is one of the most extraordinarily colored birds on Earth. Males meticulously clear a patch of forest floor as a display court, removing every leaf and twig. The species was virtually unknown to science until the late 20th century due to its restricted island range.

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