Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Jabiru
Jabiru mycteria
- umum
- 56 km/h
- Pemula
- Risiko rendah
Tallest flying bird in the Americas. Your message arrives with literal gravitas.
- Populasi
- 20,000–85,000 mature individuals.
- Habitat
- Seasonally wet/flooded tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, marshes, and freshwater wetlands, especially near rivers, ponds, and lagoons up to ~700 m elevation (e.g., the Pantanal of Brazil and the Chaco of Paraguay)
- Fakta menarik
- The Jabiru is the tallest flying bird in South and Central America (up to ~1.4 m tall) and has the second-largest wingspan on the continent after the Andean condor; it also shows extreme sexual dimorphism, with males roughly 25% larger than females.
- Sebaran
- Central and South America across 23 countries/territories, from Mexico through Central America and the Amazon basin to northern Argentina (absent west of the Andes), with occasional vagrants into the southern United States (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma); non-migratory resident
- Makanan
- Carnivorous generalist: fish, amphibians (especially frogs), reptiles (snakes), mollusks/snails, insects and other invertebrates, occasionally small mammals and carrion; forages largely by tactile sensation rather than sight
- Ukuran
- 1,3 m
- Bentang sayap
- 2,55 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
