Auckland Islands Shag vs Pelagic Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi مقارنةً بـ Urile pelagicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Auckland Islands Shag Pelagic Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Leucocarbo colensoi Urile pelagicus
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 54,7 cm (21.5 in) 50,9 cm (20.0 in)
الوزن 2000,0 g (70.55 oz) 1767,3333333333333 g (62.34 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Auckland Islands Shag only

بلا

Pelagic Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Least Concern

Pelagic 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.

Pelagic Cormorant

63–73 cm. Small, slim cormorant; entirely glossy green-black; narrow bill; slender neck. Breeds along Pacific coasts from Baja California to NE Russia on rocky cliffs. Feeds on small fish in kelp beds. Least gregarious North Pacific cormorant; nests in small scattered groups.

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