South Georgia Diving-petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pelecanoides georgicus مقارنةً بـ Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة South Georgia Diving-petrel Balearic Shearwater
الاسم العلمي Pelecanoides georgicus Puffinus mauretanicus
الرتبة Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
الفصيلة Procellariidae Procellariidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 22,6 cm (8.9 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 129,0 g (4.55 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

South Georgia Diving-petrel only

بلا

Balearic Shearwater only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

South Georgia Diving-petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

South Georgia Diving-petrel

20 cm. Tiny; dark above, white below; paler scapular edges. Breeds South Georgia, Kerguelen, and Heard Island. Extremely abundant; possibly billions of individuals in Southern Ocean. Feeds on euphausiids by diving; sympatric with Common Diving-petrel but smaller with narrower bill.

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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