Kormoran vs Red-legged Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo verglichen mit Poikilocarbo gaimardi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Kormoran Red-legged Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Phalacrocorax carbo Poikilocarbo gaimardi
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Near Threatened
Länge 90,0 cm (35.4 in)
Flügelspannweite 145,0 cm (57.1 in) 49,3 cm (19.4 in)
Gewicht 2600,0 g (91.71 oz) 1416,6666666666667 g (49.97 oz)
Ernährung Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … --
Gelegegröße 1-7 3-4
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Kormoran 90,0 cm
Red-legged Cormorant
Flügelspannweite
Kormoran 145,0 cm
Red-legged Cormorant 49,3 cm
Gewicht
Kormoran 2600,0 g
Red-legged Cormorant 1416,6666666666667 g

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Kormoran only

Red-legged Cormorant only

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Kormoran

Coasts, estuaries, lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. Nests in colonies in trees, on cliffs, or on the ground.

Song & Call Comparison

Kormoran

Gesang

Deep, guttural grunts and 'karrr' calls at colonies. Bill-clicking and hissing in threat displays. Silent at sea. Colonial noise can be deafening during the breeding season.

Red-legged Cormorant

Geographic Range & Migration

Kormoran

Very wide range across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia. One of the most widespread cormorant species.

Red-legged Cormorant

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Kormoran

Near Threatened

Red-legged Cormorant

How to Tell Them Apart

Kormoran

Gefieder

All black with a bronze-green gloss. White throat patch and white thigh patches in breeding season. Yellow-orange face patch around the bill base.

Schnabel

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Red-legged Cormorant

About These Birds

Kormoran

Der Kormoran ist einer der am weitesten verbreiteten Seevögel der Welt. Anders als die meisten Wasservögel besitzt der Kormoran kein vollständig wasserabweisendes Gefieder, was zu seiner typischen Haltung mit ausgebreiteten Flügeln zum Trocknen führt. In Asien setzen Fischer Kormorane seit über tausend Jahren zum Fischfang ein.

Red-legged Cormorant

71–76 cm. Slender; grey body; red legs; spotted white scapulars; red facial skin; yellow bill. Coastal endemic of western South America (Peru, Chile). Near Threatened; restricted to rocky coasts with Humboldt Current upwelling. Feeds on fish by diving in cold, productive inshore waters.

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