Chatham Islands Shag vs Pygmy Cormorant

Leucocarbo onslowi verglichen mit Microcarbo pygmaeus

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Merkmal Chatham Islands Shag Pygmy Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Leucocarbo onslowi Microcarbo pygmaeus
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 51,8 cm (20.4 in) 40,2 cm (15.8 in)
Gewicht 2095,0 g (73.90 oz) 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3 2-8
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Chatham Islands Shag only

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Pygmy Cormorant only

Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Chatham Islands Shag

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

About These Birds

Chatham Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange-red caruncles at bill base. Endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; total population fewer than 1,000 birds. Restricted to a few Chatham Islands colonies; feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding coastal waters.

Pygmy Cormorant

45–55 cm. Small; dark brown with chestnut head and neck in breeding; pale yellow throat. Resident across eastern Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia in freshwater lakes and rivers. Vulnerable; declining due to wetland degradation. Feeds on small fish by diving.

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