Chatham Islands Shag vs Red-faced Cormorant

Leucocarbo onslowi verglichen mit Urile urile

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Chatham Islands Shag Red-faced Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Leucocarbo onslowi Urile urile
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 51,8 cm (20.4 in) 54,1 cm (21.3 in)
Gewicht 2095,0 g (73.90 oz) 2013,0 g (71.01 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3 3-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Chatham Islands Shag only

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Red-faced Cormorant only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Chatham Islands Shag

Least Concern

Red-faced 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.

Red-faced Cormorant

71–89 cm. Dark with vivid red facial skin; blue eyes; glossy green sheen. Breeds Aleutian and western Alaskan islands and NE Asia coasts. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in shallow coastal waters. Near Threatened; populations affected by oil pollution and entanglement in gillnets.

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