Pygmy Cormorant vs Black-faced Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus مقارنةً بـ Phalacrocorax fuscescens

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Pygmy Cormorant Black-faced Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Microcarbo pygmaeus Phalacrocorax fuscescens
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 40,2 cm (15.8 in) 52,8 cm (20.8 in)
الوزن 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 1515,0 g (53.44 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-8 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Pygmy Cormorant only

Black-faced Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Least Concern

Black-faced 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.

Black-faced Cormorant

61 cm. Dark sooty-black throughout; bare black facial skin. Endemic to southern Australian coasts from the Great Australian Bight to Victoria and Tasmania. Feeds on fish in coastal and estuarine habitats. Colonial nester on rocky coastal islands; often associated with seagrass beds.

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