Chatham Islands Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo onslowi verglichen mit Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Chatham Islands Shag Spectacled Cormorant
Wissenschaftlicher Name Leucocarbo onslowi Urile perspicillatus
Ordnung Suliformes Suliformes
Familie Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Erhaltungsstatus Critically Endangered Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 51,8 cm (20.4 in)
Gewicht 2095,0 g (73.90 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Chatham Islands Shag only

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Spectacled Cormorant only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Critically Endangered

Chatham Islands Shag

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Chatham Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange-red caruncles at bill base. Endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; total population fewer than 1,000 birds. Restricted to a few Chatham Islands colonies; feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding coastal waters.

Spectacled Cormorant

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

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