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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal	Pink-footed Shearwater	Short-tailed Shearwater
Wissenschaftlicher Name	Ardenna creatopus	Ardenna tenuirostris
Ordnung	Procellariiformes	Procellariiformes
Familie	Procellariidae	Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus	Vulnerable	Least Concern
Länge	—	—
Flügelspannweite	64,8 cm (25.5 in)	52,4 cm (20.6 in)
Gewicht	718,0 g (25.33 oz)	695,0 g (24.52 oz)
Ernährung	--	--
Gelegegröße	1	1
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Pink-footed Shearwater only

🌲 Forest

Short-tailed Shearwater only

🌾 Grassland 🏖️ Coastal

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Pink-footed Shearwater

Least Concern

Short-tailed Shearwater

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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.

Short-tailed Shearwater

41–43 cm, wingspan 95–100 cm. Sooty-brown; silvery underwing flash. Breeds Bass Strait islands (Australia) in enormous numbers; one of the world's most abundant seabirds. Migrates to North Pacific in vast flocks. Feeds on krill and fish. Harvested sustainably as 'muttonbirds' in Tasmania.

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