Great Cormorant vs Hoopoe

Phalacrocorax carbo 对比 Upupa epops

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Great Cormorant Hoopoe
学名 Phalacrocorax carbo Upupa epops
Suliformes Bucerotiformes
Phalacrocoracidae Upupidae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长 90.0 cm (35.4 in) 28.0 cm (11.0 in)
翼展 145.0 cm (57.1 in) 46.0 cm (18.1 in)
体重 2600.0 g (91.71 oz) 62.0 g (2.19 oz)
食性 Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … Insects and larvae probed from the ground, especially beetle grubs, crickets, and caterpillars. Occasionally takes …
产卵数 1-7 2-12
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Cormorant 90.0 cm
Hoopoe 28.0 cm
翼展
Great Cormorant 145.0 cm
Hoopoe 46.0 cm
体重
Great Cormorant 2600.0 g
Hoopoe 62.0 g
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Great Cormorant only

Hoopoe only

Great Cormorant

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

Hoopoe

Open woodland, orchards, vineyards, parkland, and grassland with bare or sparsely vegetated ground for foraging.

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Song & Call Comparison

Great Cormorant

鸣唱

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.

Hoopoe

鸣唱

The eponymous call: a soft, far-carrying 'oop-oop-oop', repeated in triplets or quadruplets. Given from a hidden perch; mellow and flute-like. Contact call is a thin 'cherrr'.

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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.

Hoopoe

Europe, Asia, and Africa. Northern populations are migratory. A widespread species across the Old World.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Least Concern

Hoopoe

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Cormorant

羽毛

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.

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Hoopoe

羽毛

Pinkish-brown body with dramatically barred black and white wings and tail. Long, erectile, fan-shaped crest tipped with black. Undulating butterfly-like flight.

Long, thin, slightly decurved bill for probing soil

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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.

Hoopoe

戴胜是欧亚非三洲广泛分布的独特鸟类,具有橙棕色扇形冠羽和黑白相间的翅膀。喙长而弯曲,腹部具纵纹。栖息于开阔林地、耕地和果园,以地面上的昆虫和蠕虫为食。以其响亮特异的'扑扑扑'叫声而闻名,是以色列的国鸟。

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