Pygmy Cormorant vs Neotropical Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus مقارنةً بـ Nannopterum brasilianum

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Pygmy Cormorant Neotropical Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Microcarbo pygmaeus Nannopterum brasilianum
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 40,2 cm (15.8 in)
الوزن 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 1452,5 g (51.24 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-8 1-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Pygmy Cormorant only

بلا

Neotropical Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Least Concern

Neotropical Cormorant

About These Birds

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.

Neotropical Cormorant

58–73 cm. Dark brown-black; olive-yellow bare facial skin; small crest in breeding. Most widely distributed New World cormorant; resident from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego in freshwater and coastal habitats. Feeds on fish by diving; colonial nester in trees near water.

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