Collared Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma brevipes مقارنةً بـ Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Collared Petrel Balearic Shearwater
الاسم العلمي Pterodroma brevipes Puffinus mauretanicus
الرتبة Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
الفصيلة Procellariidae Procellariidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 42,4 cm (16.7 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 137,0 g (4.83 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Collared Petrel only

Balearic Shearwater only

حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Collared Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Collared Petrel

30 cm. Polymorphic; pale morph has grey collar band contrasting with white breast; dark morph sooty grey. Breeds Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa. Vulnerable; threatened by introduced predators. Ranges in tropical South Pacific; feeds on squid and fish.

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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