Broad-billed Prion vs Balearic Shearwater

Pachyptila vittata مقارنةً بـ Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Broad-billed Prion Balearic Shearwater
الاسم العلمي Pachyptila vittata Puffinus mauretanicus
الرتبة Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
الفصيلة Procellariidae Procellariidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 39,0 cm (15.4 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 187,0 g (6.60 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Broad-billed Prion only

بلا

Balearic Shearwater only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Broad-billed Prion

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Broad-billed Prion

25–30 cm, wingspan 57–66 cm. Largest prion; pale blue-grey above, white below with dark M-mark across wings. Bill broad, blue with lamellae for filter-feeding on copepods. Breeds Tristan da Cunha and New Zealand subantarctic. Feeds by hydroplaning with bill submerged.

Balearic Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown above; variably dirty-white to brown below; often shows brown smudging on flanks. Breeds only Balearic Islands, Spain. Critically Endangered with fewer than 3,000 pairs; faces extinction. Migrates to NE Atlantic; threatened by predators, fishing bycatch, and tourist development.

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