Magellanic Diving-petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pelecanoides magellani verglichen mit Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Magellanic Diving-petrel Balearic Shearwater
Wissenschaftlicher Name Pelecanoides magellani Puffinus mauretanicus
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Critically Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 25,1 cm (9.9 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Gewicht 149,25 g (5.26 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Magellanic Diving-petrel only

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Balearic Shearwater only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Magellanic Diving-petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Magellanic Diving-petrel

20–24 cm. Dark above, white below; narrow white tips to secondary feathers. Breeds southern Chile and Argentina (Strait of Magellan and Falklands). Year-round resident in coastal cold waters. Feeds on fish and crustaceans by pursuit-diving; nests in burrows on coastal islands.

Balearic Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown above; variably dirty-white to brown below; often shows brown smudging on flanks. Breeds only Balearic Islands, Spain. Critically Endangered with fewer than 3,000 pairs; faces extinction. Migrates to NE Atlantic; threatened by predators, fishing bycatch, and tourist development.

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