Pygmy Cormorant vs Spectacled Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus verglichen mit Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Pygmy Cormorant Spectacled Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Microcarbo pygmaeus Urile perspicillatus
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Extinct
Länge — —
Flügelspannweite 40,2 cm (15.8 in) —
Gewicht 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) —
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-8 --
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

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Pygmy Cormorant only

Spectacled Cormorant only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Extinct

Spectacled 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.

Spectacled Cormorant

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

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