Pygmy Cormorant vs Pitt Island Shag

Microcarbo pygmaeus مقارنةً بـ Phalacrocorax featherstoni

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Pygmy Cormorant Pitt Island Shag
الاسم العلمي Microcarbo pygmaeus Phalacrocorax featherstoni
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 40,2 cm (15.8 in) 43,7 cm (17.2 in)
الوزن 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 1043,75 g (36.82 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-8 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Pygmy Cormorant only

Pitt Island Shag only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Endangered

Pitt Island Shag

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.

Pitt Island Shag

63 cm. Dark grey-brown; orange facial skin. Endemic to Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands group, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; fewer than 300 birds known. Feeds on inshore fish in cold coastal waters. Very restricted range on a single isolated island group.

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