Klub tak bisa terbang (Flightless Club)
Kagu
Rhynochetos jubatus
- mistis
- 10 km/h
- Terancam punah
Flightless grey ghost of New Caledonia with a punk crest. Barks like a dog at dawn.
- Populasi
- roughly 250-999 mature individuals (250-1,000 wild individuals total), decreasing
- Habitat
- Dense humid mountain forest and maquis/ultramafic shrubland, from sea level rainforest up to ~1,400 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- The Kagu is the only bird in the world with nasal corns — bristly flaps of skin covering its nostrils — and it is a nearly flightless forest bird (despite normal-sized wings that lack flight musculature) that hunts on foot and performs an elaborate crest-raising courtship display instead of relying on flight; it also practices cooperative breeding in multi-male family units.
- Sebaran
- Endemic to Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia (South Pacific); absent from the Loyalty Islands
- Makanan
- Carnivorous ground forager — earthworms/annelids, snails, insects (beetles, grasshoppers, bugs), spiders, centipedes, larvae, and small lizards taken from leaf litter and soil
- Ukuran
- 0,55 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,775 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
