Bank Cormorant vs Spectacled Cormorant

Phalacrocorax neglectus verglichen mit Urile perspicillatus

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Merkmal Bank Cormorant Spectacled Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Phalacrocorax neglectus Urile perspicillatus
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 52,2 cm (20.6 in)
Gewicht 1930,0 g (68.08 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Bank Cormorant only

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Spectacled Cormorant only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Bank Cormorant

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

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.

Spectacled Cormorant

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

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