Chatham Islands Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo onslowi مقارنةً بـ Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Chatham Islands Shag Spectacled Cormorant
الاسم العلمي Leucocarbo onslowi Urile perspicillatus
الرتبة Suliformes Suliformes
الفصيلة Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Extinct
الطول
طول الجناح 51,8 cm (20.4 in)
الوزن 2095,0 g (73.90 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Chatham Islands Shag only

بلا

Spectacled Cormorant only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Chatham Islands Shag

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Chatham Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange-red caruncles at bill base. Endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; total population fewer than 1,000 birds. Restricted to a few Chatham Islands colonies; feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding coastal waters.

Spectacled Cormorant

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

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