Double-crested Cormorant vs Bank Cormorant

Nannopterum auritum مقارنةً بـ Phalacrocorax neglectus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Double-crested Cormorant Bank Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Nannopterum auritum Phalacrocorax neglectus
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 52,2 cm (20.6 in)
الوزن 1936,0 g (68.29 oz) 1930,0 g (68.08 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-4 1-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Double-crested Cormorant only

Bank Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Double-crested Cormorant

Endangered

Bank Cormorant

About These Birds

Double-crested Cormorant

70–90 cm, wingspan 114–123 cm. Dark with two small orange ear tufts in breeding; orange-yellow facial skin. Widespread across North America and Central America. Highly adaptable; colonial nester. Controversial where it competes with commercial fisheries; feeds almost exclusively on fish.

Bank Cormorant

76 cm. Dark sooty-brown; bare-faced; yellow at gape. Endemic to South Africa and Namibia coast; Near Threatened. Breeds on rocky islands and coastal cliffs. Feeds on fish in the cold Benguela upwelling. Does not venture far from breeding colonies; very restricted coastal range.

More Birds to Explore

Explore the Nature FYI Family