Bank Cormorant vs Red-faced Cormorant

Phalacrocorax neglectus verglichen mit Urile urile

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Merkmal Bank Cormorant Red-faced Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Phalacrocorax neglectus Urile urile
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 52,2 cm (20.6 in) 54,1 cm (21.3 in)
Gewicht 1930,0 g (68.08 oz) 2013,0 g (71.01 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-3 3-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Bank Cormorant only

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Red-faced Cormorant only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Bank Cormorant

Least Concern

Red-faced 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.

Red-faced Cormorant

71–89 cm. Dark with vivid red facial skin; blue eyes; glossy green sheen. Breeds Aleutian and western Alaskan islands and NE Asia coasts. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in shallow coastal waters. Near Threatened; populations affected by oil pollution and entanglement in gillnets.

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