Flesh-footed Shearwater vs Rapa Shearwater

Ardenna carneipes verglichen mit Puffinus myrtae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Flesh-footed Shearwater Rapa Shearwater
Wissenschaftlicher Name Ardenna carneipes Puffinus myrtae
Ordnung Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familie Procellariidae Procellariidae
Erhaltungsstatus Near Threatened Critically Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 62,0 cm (24.4 in) 48,2 cm (19.0 in)
Gewicht 649,0 g (22.89 oz) 237,5 g (8.38 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Flesh-footed Shearwater only

Rapa Shearwater only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Near Threatened

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Critically Endangered

Rapa Shearwater

About These Birds

Flesh-footed Shearwater

41–45 cm, wingspan 99–107 cm. All-dark sooty-brown with pale flesh-coloured feet and yellowish bill base. Breeds southern Indian Ocean islands and SW Australia; ranges to North Pacific. Near Threatened; bycatch concern. Feeds on fish and squid; follows fishing vessels.

Rapa Shearwater

30–33 cm. Dark above; white below. Breeds Rapa Island (French Polynesia). Critically Endangered with a very small population on a single island. Poorly known; threatened by introduced predators. Ranges in central south Pacific; one of the rarest shearwaters.

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