Flesh-footed Shearwater vs Small Saint Helena Petrel

Ardenna carneipes comparado con Bulweria bifax

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Flesh-footed Shearwater Small Saint Helena Petrel
Nombre científico Ardenna carneipes Bulweria bifax
Orden Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familia Procellariidae Procellariidae
Estado de conservación Near Threatened Extinct
Longitud
Envergadura 62,0 cm (24.4 in)
Peso 649,0 g (22.89 oz) 167,17 g (5.90 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Flesh-footed Shearwater only

Small Saint Helena Petrel only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Near Threatened

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Extinct

Small Saint Helena Petrel

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.

Small Saint Helena Petrel

Extinct; known only from subfossil bones from St. Helena Island. Smaller than Bulwer's Petrel; went extinct shortly after human settlement of St. Helena, likely from introduced predators. Part of the endemic St. Helena seabird community that was largely extirpated by human arrival.

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