Antarctic Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo bransfieldensis مقارنةً بـ Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Antarctic Shag Spectacled Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Leucocarbo bransfieldensis Urile perspicillatus
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Not Evaluated Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح
الوزن 2780,0 g (98.06 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Antarctic Shag only

بلا

Spectacled Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Not Evaluated

Antarctic Shag

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Antarctic Shag

63–72 cm. Black above; white below; caruncles reduced compared to related shags. Breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula and associated islands. Feeds on fish in cold Antarctic coastal waters. One of the southernmost-breeding cormorants; largely sedentary around breeding colonies.

Spectacled Cormorant

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

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