Tufted Puffin vs Guadalupe Murrelet

Fratercula cirrhata مقارنةً بـ Synthliboramphus hypoleucus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Tufted Puffin Guadalupe Murrelet
الاسم العلمي Fratercula cirrhata Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
الرتبة Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
الفصيلة Alcidae Alcidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 38,8 cm (15.3 in) 23,9 cm (9.4 in)
الوزن 767,3 g (27.07 oz) 160,5 g (5.66 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Tufted Puffin only

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Guadalupe Murrelet only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Tufted Puffin

Endangered

Guadalupe Murrelet

About These Birds

Tufted Puffin

Tufted Puffin, 36–41 cm, is the largest North Pacific puffin, breeding on grassy slopes of islands from California to Kamchatka. Jet-black body, white face, massive orange-red bill, striking golden head tufts. Piscivore; carries multiple fish crosswise in bill. Pelagic in winter across North Pacific.

Guadalupe Murrelet

Guadalupe Murrelet, 22–24 cm, breeds only on Guadalupe Island off Baja California. Very similar to Scripps's Murrelet but with more extensive white on the face. Critically Endangered; fewer than 1,000 individuals; nesting habitat threatened by feral cats and goats (now being controlled). Piscivore.

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