Townsend's Shearwater vs Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus auricularis مقارنةً بـ Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Townsend's Shearwater Balearic Shearwater
الاسم العلمي Puffinus auricularis Puffinus mauretanicus
الرتبة Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
الفصيلة Procellariidae Procellariidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح 44,0 cm (17.3 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 324,0 g (11.43 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Townsend's Shearwater only

بلا

Balearic Shearwater only

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Townsend's Shearwater

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Townsend's Shearwater

33–35 cm. Dark above; white below with dark vent and undertail. Breeds Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico); Critically Endangered with fewer than 1,000 pairs. Threatened by introduced cats and rats; strictly nocturnal at colonies. Ranges in eastern Pacific.

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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