Stewart Island Shag vs Bank Cormorant

Leucocarbo chalconotus verglichen mit Phalacrocorax neglectus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Stewart Island Shag Bank Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Leucocarbo chalconotus Phalacrocorax neglectus
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 56,7 cm (22.3 in) 52,2 cm (20.6 in)
Gewicht 2368,75 g (83.56 oz) 1930,0 g (68.08 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-3 1-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Stewart Island Shag only

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Bank Cormorant only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Stewart Island Shag

Endangered

Bank Cormorant

About These Birds

Stewart Island Shag

68 cm. Black and white pied shag; dark forms also occur; orange caruncles. Endemic to Stewart Island and southern South Island coast, New Zealand. Vulnerable; feeds on fish in cold coastal waters. Colonial nester on cliff ledges; closely related to other New Zealand endemic shags.

Bank Cormorant

76 cm. Dark sooty-brown; bare-faced; yellow at gape. Endemic to South Africa and Namibia coast; Near Threatened. Breeds on rocky islands and coastal cliffs. Feeds on fish in the cold Benguela upwelling. Does not venture far from breeding colonies; very restricted coastal range.

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