Stewart Island Shag vs Pygmy Cormorant

Leucocarbo chalconotus مقارنةً بـ Microcarbo pygmaeus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Stewart Island Shag Pygmy Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Leucocarbo chalconotus Microcarbo pygmaeus
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 56,7 cm (22.3 in) 40,2 cm (15.8 in)
الوزن 2368,75 g (83.56 oz) 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-3 2-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Stewart Island Shag only

بلا

Pygmy Cormorant only

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Stewart Island Shag

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

About These Birds

Stewart Island Shag

68 cm. Black and white pied shag; dark forms also occur; orange caruncles. Endemic to Stewart Island and southern South Island coast, New Zealand. Vulnerable; feeds on fish in cold coastal waters. Colonial nester on cliff ledges; closely related to other New Zealand endemic shags.

Pygmy Cormorant

45–55 cm. Small; dark brown with chestnut head and neck in breeding; pale yellow throat. Resident across eastern Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia in freshwater lakes and rivers. Vulnerable; declining due to wetland degradation. Feeds on small fish by diving.

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