Balearic Shearwater vs Christmas Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus مقارنةً بـ Puffinus nativitatis

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Balearic Shearwater Christmas Shearwater
الاسم العلمي Puffinus mauretanicus Puffinus nativitatis
الرتبة Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
الفصيلة Procellariidae Procellariidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 48,4 cm (19.1 in) 47,1 cm (18.5 in)
الوزن 514,8 g (18.16 oz) 357,5 g (12.61 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Balearic Shearwater only

Christmas Shearwater only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

Least Concern

Christmas Shearwater

About These Birds

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.

Christmas Shearwater

35 cm. All-dark sooty-brown shearwater; dark bill and feet. Breeds Christmas and Palmyra islands in central Pacific; ranges in tropical Pacific. Feeds on fish and squid. Distinguished from other dark shearwaters by small size and tropical Pacific range; Near Threatened.

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