Pygmy Cormorant vs Flightless Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus مقارنةً بـ Nannopterum harrisi

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Pygmy Cormorant Flightless Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Microcarbo pygmaeus Nannopterum harrisi
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Vulnerable
الطول
طول الجناح 40,2 cm (15.8 in) 37,8 cm (14.9 in)
الوزن 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 3241,6666666666665 g (114.35 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-8 1-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Pygmy Cormorant only

Flightless Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Vulnerable

Flightless 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.

Flightless Cormorant

89–100 cm. Dark brown; vestigial wings unsuited for flight; bright turquoise eyes. Endemic to Galapagos Islands (Fernandina and Isabela). Only flightless cormorant; Vulnerable with about 1,000 pairs. Feeds on fish and octopus by diving near shore; no natural land predators historically.

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