Galapagos Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma phaeopygia مقارنةً بـ Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Galapagos Petrel Balearic Shearwater
الاسم العلمي Pterodroma phaeopygia Puffinus mauretanicus
الرتبة Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
الفصيلة Procellariidae Procellariidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 58,9 cm (23.2 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 410,5 g (14.48 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Galapagos Petrel only

Balearic Shearwater only

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Galapagos Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Galapagos Petrel

43 cm. Dark above with white forehead; white underparts with dark collar and carpal bar. Breeds Galapagos Islands; Critically Endangered with rapid decline due to introduced predators. Closely related to Hawaiian Petrel; migrates to eastern 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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