Auckland Islands Shag vs Black-faced Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi مقارنةً بـ Phalacrocorax fuscescens

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Auckland Islands Shag Black-faced Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Leucocarbo colensoi Phalacrocorax fuscescens
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 54,7 cm (21.5 in) 52,8 cm (20.8 in)
الوزن 2000,0 g (70.55 oz) 1515,0 g (53.44 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Auckland Islands Shag only

بلا

Black-faced Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Least Concern

Black-faced 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.

Black-faced Cormorant

61 cm. Dark sooty-black throughout; bare black facial skin. Endemic to southern Australian coasts from the Great Australian Bight to Victoria and Tasmania. Feeds on fish in coastal and estuarine habitats. Colonial nester on rocky coastal islands; often associated with seagrass beds.

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