Bermuda Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma cahow مقارنةً بـ Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Bermuda Petrel Balearic Shearwater
الاسم العلمي Pterodroma cahow Puffinus mauretanicus
الرتبة Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
الفصيلة Procellariidae Procellariidae
حالة الحفاظ Endangered Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 49,0 cm (19.3 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 329,8 g (11.63 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Bermuda Petrel only

بلا

Balearic Shearwater only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Endangered

Bermuda Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Bermuda Petrel

38 cm. Dark grey-brown above; white below with dark partial collar. Critically Endangered; once thought extinct, rediscovered 1951 in Bermuda. Fewer than 140 breeding pairs on offshore islets. Recovery aided by artificial burrows; feeds on squid and fish in open Atlantic.

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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