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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal	Pink-footed Shearwater	Broad-billed Prion
Wissenschaftlicher Name	Ardenna creatopus	Pachyptila vittata
Ordnung	Procellariiformes	Procellariiformes
Familie	Procellariidae	Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus	Vulnerable	Least Concern
Länge	—	—
Flügelspannweite	64,8 cm (25.5 in)	39,0 cm (15.4 in)
Gewicht	718,0 g (25.33 oz)	187,0 g (6.60 oz)
Ernährung	--	--
Gelegegröße	1	1
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Pink-footed Shearwater only

🌲 Forest

Broad-billed Prion only

🏖️ Coastal

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Pink-footed Shearwater

Least Concern

Broad-billed Prion

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About These Birds

Pink-footed Shearwater

48 cm, wingspan 109 cm. Large shearwater; brown above, white below with pink feet; dusky underwing border. Breeds Juan Fernandez and Mocha islands, Chile; migrates to North Pacific. Vulnerable; threatened by introduced predators and longline bycatch. Feeds on fish and squid.

Broad-billed Prion

25–30 cm, wingspan 57–66 cm. Largest prion; pale blue-grey above, white below with dark M-mark across wings. Bill broad, blue with lamellae for filter-feeding on copepods. Breeds Tristan da Cunha and New Zealand subantarctic. Feeds by hydroplaning with bill submerged.

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