黑冕鶴(西非冕鶴、黑冠鶴)/Black Crowned Crane
Channel: Chuenguey Hwang
Date: 08/10/2023

動物世界(574)
黑冕鹤
別名：
西非冕鶴、黑冠鶴、黑頸冠鶴
學名：
Balearica pavonina
英文名：
Black Crowned Crane
特徵：
體長100~105公分。虹膜淺灰至淺藍色。嘴粗直，灰黑色，鼻孔位於中部。腳長，黑色。
戴冕鶴分東非冕鶴（Balearica regulorum ，East African Crowned Crane）和西非冕鶴（Balearica pavonina ，West African Crowned Crane ），二者之最大差異在東非冕鶴羽色較淺，又叫灰冕鶴；西非冕鶴羽色較深，又叫黑冕鶴。
黑冕鶴额部向外凸出，具黑色絨羽，後枕密布金黄色向四周放射之冠羽，臉頰上白下紅，頰後有一道黑色條紋向下連到頸部上端，頸長，羽毛灰白色，喉部下方具有一玫瑰紅色之小肉垂。背部灰黑色，翼羽白色、黄色或棕色，尾羽黑色。雌雄體型近似，通常雄鳥比雌鳥大一些。
幼鳥羽毛淡灰色至棕色之間，頭頸棕色，冠羽較短，灰色。
分布：
主要分布在西非塞内加爾至中非尼日利亞之間。為尼日利亞國鳥。
攝製：
黃春貴

Animal world(574)
Black Crowned Crane
Alias:
West African Crowned Crane, Black Crowned Crane, Black-necked Crane
Scientific name:
Balearica pavonina
English name:
Black Crowned Crane
Feature:
Body length 100~105 cm. The iris is light gray to light blue. The mouth is thick and straight, gray-black, with the nostrils in the middle. The legs are long and black.
Crowned Crane is divided into East African Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum, East African Crowned Crane) and West African Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina, West African Crowned Crane). The biggest difference between the two is that the East African Crowned Crane has lighter feathers, and is also called Gray Crowned Crane; The West African crowned crane has darker feathers and is also called the black crowned crane.
The forehead of the Black Crowned Crane protrudes outward, with black down feathers. The back pillow is densely covered with golden crest feathers radiating all around. The upper cheeks are white and the lower part is red. There is a black stripe behind the cheeks going down to the upper end of the neck. The neck is long. The feathers are gray-white, with a small rose-red flesh wattle below the throat. The back is gray-black, the wing feathers are white, yellow or brown, and the tail feathers are black. Males and females are similar in size, with males usually being larger than females.
The feathers of young birds are light gray to brown, the head and neck are brown, and the crown feathers are shorter and gray.
Distributed:
Mainly distributed between Senegal in West Africa and Nigeria in Central Africa. The national bird of Nigeria.
Filming:
Chuenguey Hwang