🦩Hamerkop
錘頭鸛（學名：Scopus umbretta）是鵜形目下的一种中型涉禽，分佈於撒哈拉以南非洲、马达加斯加和阿拉伯半岛的湖泊、河口湾、鱼塘、河流等水体附近。该鸟的头、鸟喙与冠羽的形状合在一起酷似锤子，故得名锤头鹳。 锤头鹳为留鸟，仅会进行短距离移动。该鸟常在浅水区捕猎，主要猎物为各种水生小动物，尤其是小鱼和两栖类。该鸟在繁殖季会筑其极为复杂的鸟巢，配偶双方均会参与孵蛋和哺育幼鸟。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- 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
Everything we know about the Hamerkop
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.47 kgAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tail length0.15 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.29 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.08 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.07 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatWetlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPelecaniformes
- ›familyScopidae
- ›genusScopus
- ›speciesScopus umbretta
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyScopidae
- genusScopus
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- familyScopidae
- genusScopus
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