Magellanic Diving-petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pelecanoides magellani مقارنةً بـ Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Magellanic Diving-petrel Balearic Shearwater
الاسم العلمي Pelecanoides magellani Puffinus mauretanicus
الرتبة Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
الفصيلة Procellariidae Procellariidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 25,1 cm (9.9 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 149,25 g (5.26 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Magellanic Diving-petrel only

بلا

Balearic Shearwater only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Magellanic Diving-petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Magellanic Diving-petrel

20–24 cm. Dark above, white below; narrow white tips to secondary feathers. Breeds southern Chile and Argentina (Strait of Magellan and Falklands). Year-round resident in coastal cold waters. Feeds on fish and crustaceans by pursuit-diving; nests in burrows on coastal islands.

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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