Small Saint Helena Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Bulweria bifax verglichen mit Puffinus mauretanicus

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Merkmal Small Saint Helena Petrel Balearic Shearwater
Wissenschaftlicher Name Bulweria bifax Puffinus mauretanicus
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Extinct Critically Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Gewicht 167,17 g (5.90 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Small Saint Helena Petrel only

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Balearic Shearwater only

Erhaltungsstatus

Extinct

Small Saint Helena Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

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.

Balearic Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown above; variably dirty-white to brown below; often shows brown smudging on flanks. Breeds only Balearic Islands, Spain. Critically Endangered with fewer than 3,000 pairs; faces extinction. Migrates to NE Atlantic; threatened by predators, fishing bycatch, and tourist development.

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