Atlantic Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma incerta verglichen mit Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Atlantic Petrel Balearic Shearwater
Wissenschaftlicher Name Pterodroma incerta Puffinus mauretanicus
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Critically Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 63,6 cm (25.0 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Gewicht 515,0 g (18.17 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Atlantic Petrel only

Balearic Shearwater only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Atlantic Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

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.

Balearic Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown above; variably dirty-white to brown below; often shows brown smudging on flanks. Breeds only Balearic Islands, Spain. Critically Endangered with fewer than 3,000 pairs; faces extinction. Migrates to NE Atlantic; threatened by predators, fishing bycatch, and tourist development.

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