Least Auklet vs Guadalupe Murrelet

Aethia pusilla verglichen mit Synthliboramphus hypoleucus

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Merkmal Least Auklet Guadalupe Murrelet
Wissenschaftlicher Name Aethia pusilla Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
Ordnung Charadriiformes Charadriiformes
Familie Alcidae Alcidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 18,9 cm (7.4 in) 23,9 cm (9.4 in)
Gewicht 84,33333333333333 g (2.97 oz) 160,5 g (5.66 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Guadalupe Murrelet only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Least Auklet

Endangered

Guadalupe Murrelet

About These Birds

Least Auklet

Least Auklet, 15–16 cm, is the smallest auk, breeding in immense colonies (millions) on rocky Aleutian and Bering Sea islands. Dark above, streaked white below; a tiny white plume above the eye. Planktivore; sieves copepods and euphausiids at sea. Makes loud buzzing display choruses at colony.

Guadalupe Murrelet

Guadalupe Murrelet, 22–24 cm, breeds only on Guadalupe Island off Baja California. Very similar to Scripps's Murrelet but with more extensive white on the face. Critically Endangered; fewer than 1,000 individuals; nesting habitat threatened by feral cats and goats (now being controlled). Piscivore.

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