Pitt Island Shag vs Bank Cormorant

Phalacrocorax featherstoni verglichen mit Phalacrocorax neglectus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Pitt Island Shag Bank Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Phalacrocorax featherstoni Phalacrocorax neglectus
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 43,7 cm (17.2 in) 52,2 cm (20.6 in)
Gewicht 1043,75 g (36.82 oz) 1930,0 g (68.08 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3 1-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Pitt Island Shag only

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Bank Cormorant only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Pitt Island Shag

Endangered

Bank Cormorant

About These Birds

Pitt Island Shag

63 cm. Dark grey-brown; orange facial skin. Endemic to Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands group, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; fewer than 300 birds known. Feeds on inshore fish in cold coastal waters. Very restricted range on a single isolated island group.

Bank Cormorant

76 cm. Dark sooty-brown; bare-faced; yellow at gape. Endemic to South Africa and Namibia coast; Near Threatened. Breeds on rocky islands and coastal cliffs. Feeds on fish in the cold Benguela upwelling. Does not venture far from breeding colonies; very restricted coastal range.

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