Pygmy Cormorant vs Cape Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus مقارنةً بـ Phalacrocorax capensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Pygmy Cormorant Cape Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Microcarbo pygmaeus Phalacrocorax capensis
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 40,2 cm (15.8 in) 50,6 cm (19.9 in)
الوزن 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 1223,75 g (43.17 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-8 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Pygmy Cormorant only

Cape Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Endangered

Cape 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.

Cape Cormorant

63 cm. All-black with glossy blue-green; bare orange facial skin. Breeds colonially on South African and Namibian islands. Endangered; severe decline due to competition with purse-seine anchovy fisheries and El Niño events. Feeds on anchovy and sardine in Benguela Current.

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