Ashy Storm-petrel vs Townsend's Storm-petrel

Hydrobates homochroa verglichen mit Hydrobates socorroensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Ashy Storm-petrel Townsend's Storm-petrel
Wissenschaftlicher Name Hydrobates homochroa Hydrobates socorroensis
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Hydrobatidae Hydrobatidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 26,6 cm (10.5 in) 30,1 cm (11.9 in)
Gewicht 36,333333333333336 g (1.28 oz) 33,2 g (1.17 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1
Population Trend

Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Ashy Storm-petrel

Endangered

Townsend's Storm-petrel

About These Birds

Ashy Storm-petrel

Ashy Storm-petrel, 19–21 cm, is restricted to the California Current of the eastern Pacific; breeding on Channel Islands and the Farallon Islands. Entirely ashy brown without white rump — uncommon among storm-petrels. Endangered; less than 10,000 individuals; threatened by light pollution and introduced predators.

Townsend's Storm-petrel

Townsend's Storm-petrel, 19–21 cm, breeds on Guadalupe and San Benedicto Islands off western Mexico. Recently split from Leach's Storm-petrel. Forked white rump, dark overall. Pelagic in eastern Pacific; planktivore. Conservation status uncertain; threatened by introduced predators at small nesting island colonies.

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