Australasian Gannet vs Cocos Booby

Morus serrator verglichen mit Sula brewsteri

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Merkmal Australasian Gannet Cocos Booby
Wissenschaftlicher Name Morus serrator Sula brewsteri
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Sulidae Sulidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Not Evaluated
Länge
Flügelspannweite 92,2 cm (36.3 in)
Gewicht 2512,5 g (88.63 oz) 1285,4250000000002 g (45.34 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Australasian Gannet only

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Cocos Booby only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Australasian Gannet

Not Evaluated

Cocos Booby

About These Birds

Australasian Gannet

84–91 cm, wingspan 165–185 cm. White with black wingtips; yellow wash on head; grey-blue bill. Breeds SE Australia and New Zealand coasts; ranges throughout Australasian seas. Feeds on fish by plunge-diving from height. Closely related to Northern Gannet; declining at some colonies.

Cocos Booby

76–84 cm. Brown and white booby restricted to Cocos Island and nearby east Pacific islands; sometimes treated as subspecies of Brown Booby. Plunge-dives for fish in productive eastern Pacific waters. Near Threatened; small breeding range; feeds on flying fish and anchovy.

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