Demoiselle Crane vs Northern Fulmar

Anthropoides virgo เปรียบเทียบกับ Fulmarus glacialis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Demoiselle Crane Northern Fulmar
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Anthropoides virgo Fulmarus glacialis
อันดับ Gruiformes Procellariiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Gruidae Procellariidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 90.0 cm (35.4 in) 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
กว้างปีก 175.0 cm (68.9 in) 107.0 cm (42.1 in)
น้ำหนัก 2500.0 g (88.18 oz) 750.0 g (26.46 oz)
อาหาร Seeds, grasses, insects, snails, worms, and small vertebrates. Forages in grasslands and agricultural fields. Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving.
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Demoiselle Crane 90.0 cm
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
กว้างปีก
Demoiselle Crane 175.0 cm
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Demoiselle Crane 2500.0 g
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

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Demoiselle Crane

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

Northern Fulmar

Open ocean and sea cliffs. Breeds on cliff ledges and grassy slopes on northern coastlines. Pelagic outside breeding season.

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Song & Call Comparison

Demoiselle Crane

เสียงร้อง

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.

Northern Fulmar

เสียงร้อง

A nasal, cackling 'kak-kak-kak-kak' or grunting 'uh-uh-uh' at the nest and colony. Less melodic than petrels. In flight gives occasional single nasal calls.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Demoiselle Crane

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

Northern Fulmar

North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Breeds from the Arctic south to Britain, France, and New England.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Demoiselle Crane

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Demoiselle Crane

ขนนก

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.

ปาก

Short, yellowish-olive bill, shorter than other cranes

Northern Fulmar

ขนนก

Light morph: white head and underparts with grey wings and back. Dark morph: entirely grey. Tube-nosed bill and stiff-winged flight distinctive at sea.

ปาก

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

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About These Birds

Demoiselle Crane

The demoiselle crane is the smallest crane species but undertakes one of the most grueling migrations, crossing the Himalayas at altitudes over 8,000 meters to reach wintering grounds in India. Named for its elegant appearance by Marie Antoinette, it is the second most abundant crane species in the world.

Northern Fulmar

The northern fulmar is a long-lived seabird that can survive over 40 years. It defends its nest by projectile-vomiting a foul-smelling stomach oil at intruders, which can mat the feathers of predators and cause fatal loss of waterproofing. Fulmars have expanded their breeding range dramatically southward over the past two centuries.

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