Auckland Islands Shag vs Japanese Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi مقارنةً بـ Phalacrocorax capillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Auckland Islands Shag Japanese Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Leucocarbo colensoi Phalacrocorax capillatus
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 54,7 cm (21.5 in) 62,9 cm (24.8 in)
الوزن 2000,0 g (70.55 oz) 2837,5 g (100.09 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3 4-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Auckland Islands Shag only

بلا

Japanese Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Least Concern

Japanese Cormorant

About These Birds

Auckland Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange caruncles. Endemic to Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic. Vulnerable; total population estimated at only a few thousand. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding cold ocean waters. Non-migratory; restricted to the island group.

Japanese Cormorant

84 cm. Large; black with white facial spots and white flanks in breeding; yellow gape. Breeds on rocky coasts of Japan, Korea, and northeastern China. Resident; feeds on fish in cold Pacific waters. Trained for cormorant fishing (ukai) in Japan for centuries.

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