Pygmy Cormorant vs Red-faced Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus مقارنةً بـ Urile urile

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Pygmy Cormorant Red-faced Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Microcarbo pygmaeus Urile urile
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 40,2 cm (15.8 in) 54,1 cm (21.3 in)
الوزن 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 2013,0 g (71.01 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-8 3-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Pygmy Cormorant only

Red-faced Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Least Concern

Red-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.

Red-faced Cormorant

71–89 cm. Dark with vivid red facial skin; blue eyes; glossy green sheen. Breeds Aleutian and western Alaskan islands and NE Asia coasts. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in shallow coastal waters. Near Threatened; populations affected by oil pollution and entanglement in gillnets.

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