Beck's Petrel vs Atlantic Petrel

Pseudobulweria becki verglichen mit Pterodroma incerta

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Beck's Petrel Atlantic Petrel
Wissenschaftlicher Name Pseudobulweria becki Pterodroma incerta
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 47,6 cm (18.7 in) 63,6 cm (25.0 in)
Gewicht 185,0 g (6.53 oz) 515,0 g (18.17 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Beck's Petrel only

Atlantic Petrel only

Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Beck's Petrel

Endangered

Atlantic Petrel

About These Birds

Beck's Petrel

29 cm. Small; dark brown above and on breast; white belly. Critically Endangered; known from only two specimens collected 1928–1929 in the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Sea. No confirmed breeding site. Possibly nests on remote Pacific islands; one of the world's least-known birds.

Atlantic Petrel

43 cm, wingspan 104 cm. Large; dark brown above with pale belly and dusky breast-band creating hooded appearance. Breeds Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island; ranges into south Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Endangered; threatened by introduced predators and longline fisheries.

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