Auckland Islands Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi مقارنةً بـ Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Auckland Islands Shag Spectacled Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Leucocarbo colensoi Urile perspicillatus
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 54,7 cm (21.5 in)
الوزن 2000,0 g (70.55 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Auckland Islands Shag only

بلا

Spectacled Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Extinct

Spectacled 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.

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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