Great Cormorant vs Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

Phalacrocorax carbo เปรียบเทียบกับ Paradisaea raggiana

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Great Cormorant Raggiana Bird-of-paradise
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Phalacrocorax carbo Paradisaea raggiana
อันดับ Suliformes Passeriformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Phalacrocoracidae Paradisaeidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว 90.0 cm (35.4 in) 34.0 cm (13.4 in)
กว้างปีก 145.0 cm (57.1 in) 45.0 cm (17.7 in)
น้ำหนัก 2600.0 g (91.71 oz) 260.0 g (9.17 oz)
อาหาร Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … Fruit, seeds, arthropods, and small vertebrates. Males display at communal lek sites to attract females.
จำนวนไข่ 1-7 1-2
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Cormorant 90.0 cm
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 34.0 cm
กว้างปีก
Great Cormorant 145.0 cm
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 45.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Great Cormorant 2600.0 g
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 260.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

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Great Cormorant

Coasts, estuaries, lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. Nests in colonies in trees, on cliffs, or on the ground.

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

Tropical rainforest and forest edge from lowlands to mid-montane elevations in New Guinea.

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Song & Call Comparison

Great Cormorant

เสียงร้อง

Deep, guttural grunts and 'karrr' calls at colonies. Bill-clicking and hissing in threat displays. Silent at sea. Colonial noise can be deafening during the breeding season.

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

เสียงร้อง

Males emit harsh, buzzy 'kraaak' calls and explosive wailing during display. Females give softer 'waak' contact calls. Display calls are loud and chaotic at leks.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Great Cormorant

Very wide range across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia. One of the most widespread cormorant species.

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

Southern and eastern New Guinea. Endemic to Papua New Guinea.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Least Concern

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Cormorant

ขนนก

All black with a bronze-green gloss. White throat patch and white thigh patches in breeding season. Yellow-orange face patch around the bill base.

ปาก

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

ขนนก

Males have a yellow crown, emerald-green throat, and spectacular cascading orange-red flank plumes. Females are brown with rufous underparts.

ปาก

Stout, slightly curved, blue-grey bill

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About These Birds

Great Cormorant

The great cormorant is one of the most widespread seabirds in the world. Unlike most waterbirds, cormorants lack fully waterproof plumage, leading to the iconic pose of standing with wings spread open to dry. In Asia, cormorants have been used by fishermen to catch fish for over a thousand years.

Raggiana Bird-of-paradise

The raggiana bird-of-paradise is the national bird of Papua New Guinea, featured on the national flag and coat of arms. Males gather at traditional display trees to perform elaborate courtship dances, hanging upside down and shaking their spectacular flank plumes. Alfred Russel Wallace first described the species in 1873.

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