Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Sunbittern
Eurypyga helias
- epik
- 48 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Spreads its wings to reveal hidden eyespots that look like two giant owl eyes. Predators bolt.
- Populasi
- Global population size has not been quantified; no estimate of mature individuals and a decreasing population trend for this Least Concern species
- Habitat
- Humid Neotropical forest streams, rivers, ponds, swamps and lagoons, typically with open understory near flowing or still water; from near sea level up to roughly 1,800 m elevation.
- Fakta menarik
- When threatened, a sunbittern spreads its wings and tail to flash a dramatic sunburst pattern of orange/chestnut/black or red/yellow/black eyespot-like markings hidden when the wings are folded, startling predators into thinking they face a much larger animal.
- Sebaran
- Central America (Guatemala south through Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) and western Ecuador, plus South America east of the Andes through Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, the Amazon and Orinoco basins, Peru, Bolivia, and the Pantanal region of Brazil/Paraguay.
- Makanan
- Carnivorous generalist that stalks slowly along stream banks and shallows, striking with its long bill at insects (dragonfly larvae, beetles, cockroaches, katydids), other invertebrates (spiders, crabs, earthworms, shrimp, snails), and small vertebrates (fish, tadpoles, frogs, toads, eels, lizards).
- Ukuran
- 0,46 m
- Masa hidup
- 10 tahun
