Southern Fulmar vs Balearic Shearwater

Fulmarus glacialoides مقارنةً بـ Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Southern Fulmar Balearic Shearwater
الاسم العلمي Fulmarus glacialoides Puffinus mauretanicus
الرتبة Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
الفصيلة Procellariidae Procellariidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 63,0 cm (24.8 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 897,5 g (31.66 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Southern Fulmar only

بلا

Balearic Shearwater only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Southern Fulmar

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Southern Fulmar

45–50 cm, wingspan 115–120 cm. Pale grey above, white below with dark wingtips; pink bill with blue tube-nose. Breeds Antarctic cliffs; ranges across Southern Ocean to about 35°S after breeding. Feeds on fish, squid, and krill by surface-seizing. Highly colonial; migratory.

Balearic Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown above; variably dirty-white to brown below; often shows brown smudging on flanks. Breeds only Balearic Islands, Spain. Critically Endangered with fewer than 3,000 pairs; faces extinction. Migrates to NE Atlantic; threatened by predators, fishing bycatch, and tourist development.

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