Barn Owl vs Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

Tyto alba เปรียบเทียบกับ Cicinnurus respublica

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Barn Owl Wilson's Bird-of-paradise
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Tyto alba Cicinnurus respublica
อันดับ Strigiformes Passeriformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Tytonidae Paradisaeidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Near Threatened
ความยาว 35.0 cm (13.8 in) 16.0 cm (6.3 in)
กว้างปีก 90.0 cm (35.4 in) 19.0 cm (7.5 in)
น้ำหนัก 350.0 g (12.35 oz) 55.0 g (1.94 oz)
อาหาร Almost exclusively small mammals, especially voles and mice. Hunts using extraordinary hearing to locate prey … Fruit and insects gleaned from the forest canopy and subcanopy. Particularly favors figs.
จำนวนไข่ 2-16 --
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Barn Owl 35.0 cm
Wilson's Bird-of-paradise 16.0 cm
กว้างปีก
Barn Owl 90.0 cm
Wilson's Bird-of-paradise 19.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Barn Owl 350.0 g
Wilson's Bird-of-paradise 55.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

ถิ่นที่อยู่อาศัยร่วมกัน

Barn Owl only

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise only

ไม่มี

Barn Owl

Open farmland, grasslands, and marshes. Nests in barns, church steeples, tree cavities, and purpose-built nest boxes.

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

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

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Song & Call Comparison

Barn Owl

เสียงร้อง

An eerie, drawn-out rasping shriek 'shreeeeee' — not a hoot. Also gives hissing, snoring, and bill-snapping when disturbed. Chicks call with a persistent rasping hunger call.

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

เสียงร้อง

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Barn Owl

The most widespread owl and one of the most widespread land birds, found on every continent except Antarctica.

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

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

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Barn Owl

Near Threatened

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

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How to Tell Them Apart

Barn Owl

ขนนก

Pale golden-buff upperparts with delicate grey mottling. Pure white heart-shaped face and white to pale buff underparts. Ghostly white appearance in flight.

ปาก

Pale pinkish hooked bill nearly concealed by the facial disc

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

ขนนก

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.

ปาก

Short, slightly curved greyish bill

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About These Birds

Barn Owl

The barn owl has the most asymmetrical ears of any owl, giving it the finest auditory localization ability in the animal kingdom. It can catch prey in complete darkness using sound alone. The barn owl's distinctive heart-shaped face acts as a parabolic dish, funneling sound to its offset ears.

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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