Pygmy Cormorant vs Red-faced Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus verglichen mit Urile urile

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Merkmal Pygmy Cormorant Red-faced Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Microcarbo pygmaeus Urile urile
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 40,2 cm (15.8 in) 54,1 cm (21.3 in)
Gewicht 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 2013,0 g (71.01 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-8 3-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Pygmy Cormorant only

Red-faced Cormorant only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Least Concern

Red-faced 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.

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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