Flesh-footed Shearwater vs Vanuatu petrel

Ardenna carneipes verglichen mit Pterodroma occulta

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Flesh-footed Shearwater Vanuatu petrel
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ardenna carneipes Pterodroma occulta
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Near Threatened Not Evaluated
Länge
Flügelspannweite 62,0 cm (24.4 in)
Gewicht 649,0 g (22.89 oz) 325,0 g (11.46 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Flesh-footed Shearwater only

Vanuatu petrel only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Near Threatened

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Not Evaluated

Vanuatu 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.

Vanuatu petrel

37–40 cm. Dark above with white forehead and underparts; black partial collar. Breeds Vanuatu; poorly known. Endangered or Critically Endangered with very few confirmed nests. Described as full species only in 1984; nocturnal at colonies; feeds on squid and fish in tropical Pacific.

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