Imperial Shag vs Bank Cormorant

Leucocarbo atriceps مقارنةً بـ Phalacrocorax neglectus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Imperial Shag Bank Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Leucocarbo atriceps Phalacrocorax neglectus
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 59,1 cm (23.3 in) 52,2 cm (20.6 in)
الوزن 2294,6666666666665 g (80.94 oz) 1930,0 g (68.08 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1-5 1-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Imperial Shag only

بلا

Bank Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Imperial Shag

Endangered

Bank Cormorant

About These Birds

Imperial Shag

72 cm. Black above; white below; vivid orange-yellow caruncles and blue orbital ring. Breeds circumpolar southern South America, Falklands, and Antarctic Peninsula. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in cold Southern Ocean inshore waters. Diverse complex of closely related southern shag species.

Bank Cormorant

76 cm. Dark sooty-brown; bare-faced; yellow at gape. Endemic to South Africa and Namibia coast; Near Threatened. Breeds on rocky islands and coastal cliffs. Feeds on fish in the cold Benguela upwelling. Does not venture far from breeding colonies; very restricted coastal range.

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