Balearic Shearwater vs Yelkouan Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus verglichen mit Puffinus yelkouan

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Balearic Shearwater Yelkouan Shearwater
Wissenschaftlicher Name Puffinus mauretanicus Puffinus yelkouan
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Vulnerable
Länge
Flügelspannweite 48,4 cm (19.1 in) 45,8 cm (18.0 in)
Gewicht 514,8 g (18.16 oz) 422,5 g (14.90 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Balearic Shearwater only

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Yelkouan Shearwater only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

Vulnerable

Yelkouan Shearwater

About These Birds

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.

Yelkouan Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown-black above, white below; similar to Manx but darker with brown flanks and dusky undertail. Breeds Mediterranean islands and coasts. Non-breeding range in eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Vulnerable; threatened by introduced predators and light pollution. Feeds on fish and squid.

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