Pink-footed Shearwater vs Balearic Shearwater

Ardenna creatopus comparado con Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pink-footed Shearwater Balearic Shearwater
Nombre científico Ardenna creatopus Puffinus mauretanicus
Orden Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familia Procellariidae Procellariidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Critically Endangered
Longitud
Envergadura 64,8 cm (25.5 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Peso 718,0 g (25.33 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Pink-footed Shearwater only

Balearic Shearwater only

Estado de conservación

Vulnerable

Pink-footed Shearwater

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Pink-footed Shearwater

48 cm, wingspan 109 cm. Large shearwater; brown above, white below with pink feet; dusky underwing border. Breeds Juan Fernandez and Mocha islands, Chile; migrates to North Pacific. Vulnerable; threatened by introduced predators and longline bycatch. Feeds on fish and squid.

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.

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