Slender-billed Prion vs Atlantic Petrel

Pachyptila belcheri verglichen mit Pterodroma incerta

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Slender-billed Prion Atlantic Petrel
Wissenschaftlicher Name Pachyptila belcheri Pterodroma incerta
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 35,2 cm (13.9 in) 63,6 cm (25.0 in)
Gewicht 152,0 g (5.36 oz) 515,0 g (18.17 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Slender-billed Prion only

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Atlantic Petrel only

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Slender-billed Prion

Endangered

Atlantic Petrel

About These Birds

Slender-billed Prion

25–26 cm. Slenderest-billed prion; pale blue-grey with faint M-mark and narrow dark breast-side patches. Breeds Falkland Islands, Kerguelen, Crozet. Feeds mainly on copepods by surface-seizing rather than filter-feeding. Slightly longer wings give more buoyant flight.

Atlantic Petrel

43 cm, wingspan 104 cm. Large; dark brown above with pale belly and dusky breast-band creating hooded appearance. Breeds Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island; ranges into south Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Endangered; threatened by introduced predators and longline fisheries.

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