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Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) Botswana🦩

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SpeciesPelecaniformesScopidae
Birds

🦩Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta Gmelin, 1789

Чукоглава чапла (Scopus umbretta) е средна по размери птица отделена като единствен вид в самостоятелно семейство на разред Пеликаноподобни

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≈ 1/130th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
0.47 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Hamerkop

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Body mass
0.47 kg
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Tail length
0.15 m
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Wing length
0.29 m
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Beak length
0.08 m
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Tarsus length
0.07 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Wetland
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Hamerkop yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderPelecaniformes
  5. ›familyScopidae
  6. ›genusScopus
  7. ›speciesScopus umbretta
Full lineage
  1. orderSauria
  2. classBirds · Aves
  3. familyScopidae
  4. genusScopus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. familyScopidae
  11. genusScopus
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Hammerkopf (de), Hamerkop (nl), Hammerhoved (da), ocell martell (ca), kladivouš africký (cs), Scopus umbretta (es) … and 26 more languages
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Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) NamibiaHamerkop (Scopus umbretta) BotswanaScopus umbretta Serengeti, Tanzania 8
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