Pygmy Cormorant vs Neotropical Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus verglichen mit Nannopterum brasilianum

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Pygmy Cormorant Neotropical Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Microcarbo pygmaeus Nannopterum brasilianum
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 40,2 cm (15.8 in)
Gewicht 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 1452,5 g (51.24 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-8 1-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Pygmy Cormorant only

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Neotropical Cormorant only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Least Concern

Neotropical Cormorant

About These Birds

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.

Neotropical Cormorant

58–73 cm. Dark brown-black; olive-yellow bare facial skin; small crest in breeding. Most widely distributed New World cormorant; resident from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego in freshwater and coastal habitats. Feeds on fish by diving; colonial nester in trees near water.

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