Bounty Islands Shag vs Pygmy Cormorant

Leucocarbo ranfurlyi مقارنةً بـ Microcarbo pygmaeus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Bounty Islands Shag Pygmy Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Leucocarbo ranfurlyi Microcarbo pygmaeus
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 52,4 cm (20.6 in) 40,2 cm (15.8 in)
الوزن 2475,0 g (87.30 oz) 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-3 2-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Bounty Islands Shag only

بلا

Pygmy Cormorant only

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Bounty Islands Shag

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

About These Birds

Bounty Islands Shag

60–65 cm. Black and white pied shag; orange facial caruncles; pink feet. Endemic to Bounty Islands, New Zealand subantarctic. Vulnerable; total population fewer than 600 birds on remote barren islets. Feeds on fish in cold surrounding waters; does not disperse far from breeding islands.

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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