Flesh-footed Shearwater vs Small Saint Helena Petrel

Ardenna carneipes verglichen mit Bulweria bifax

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Merkmal Flesh-footed Shearwater Small Saint Helena Petrel
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ardenna carneipes Bulweria bifax
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Near Threatened Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 62,0 cm (24.4 in)
Gewicht 649,0 g (22.89 oz) 167,17 g (5.90 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1
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Habitat Comparison

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Flesh-footed Shearwater only

Small Saint Helena Petrel only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Near Threatened

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Extinct

Small Saint Helena Petrel

About These Birds

Flesh-footed Shearwater

41–45 cm, wingspan 99–107 cm. All-dark sooty-brown with pale flesh-coloured feet and yellowish bill base. Breeds southern Indian Ocean islands and SW Australia; ranges to North Pacific. Near Threatened; bycatch concern. Feeds on fish and squid; follows fishing vessels.

Small Saint Helena Petrel

Extinct; known only from subfossil bones from St. Helena Island. Smaller than Bulwer's Petrel; went extinct shortly after human settlement of St. Helena, likely from introduced predators. Part of the endemic St. Helena seabird community that was largely extirpated by human arrival.

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