Auckland Islands Shag vs Pitt Island Shag

Leucocarbo colensoi verglichen mit Phalacrocorax featherstoni

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Merkmal Auckland Islands Shag Pitt Island Shag
Wissenschaftlicher Name Leucocarbo colensoi Phalacrocorax featherstoni
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 54,7 cm (21.5 in) 43,7 cm (17.2 in)
Gewicht 2000,0 g (70.55 oz) 1043,75 g (36.82 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Auckland Islands Shag only

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Pitt Island Shag only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Endangered

Pitt Island Shag

About These Birds

Auckland Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange caruncles. Endemic to Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic. Vulnerable; total population estimated at only a few thousand. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding cold ocean waters. Non-migratory; restricted to the island group.

Pitt Island Shag

63 cm. Dark grey-brown; orange facial skin. Endemic to Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands group, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; fewer than 300 birds known. Feeds on inshore fish in cold coastal waters. Very restricted range on a single isolated island group.

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