Atlantic Petrel vs Galapagos Petrel

Pterodroma incerta verglichen mit Pterodroma phaeopygia

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Merkmal Atlantic Petrel Galapagos Petrel
Wissenschaftlicher Name Pterodroma incerta Pterodroma phaeopygia
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Critically Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 63,6 cm (25.0 in) 58,9 cm (23.2 in)
Gewicht 515,0 g (18.17 oz) 410,5 g (14.48 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Atlantic Petrel only

Galapagos Petrel only

Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Atlantic Petrel

Critically Endangered

Galapagos Petrel

About These 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.

Galapagos Petrel

43 cm. Dark above with white forehead; white underparts with dark collar and carpal bar. Breeds Galapagos Islands; Critically Endangered with rapid decline due to introduced predators. Closely related to Hawaiian Petrel; migrates to eastern Pacific; feeds on squid and fish.

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