Auckland Islands Shag vs Black-faced Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi comparado con Phalacrocorax fuscescens

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Auckland Islands Shag Black-faced Cormorant
Nombre científico Leucocarbo colensoi Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Orden Suliformes Suliformes
Familia Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 54,7 cm (21.5 in) 52,8 cm (20.8 in)
Peso 2000,0 g (70.55 oz) 1515,0 g (53.44 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 3 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Auckland Islands Shag only

Ninguno

Black-faced Cormorant only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Least Concern

Black-faced Cormorant

About These Birds

Auckland Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange caruncles. Endemic to Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic. Vulnerable; total population estimated at only a few thousand. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding cold ocean waters. Non-migratory; restricted to the island group.

Black-faced Cormorant

61 cm. Dark sooty-black throughout; bare black facial skin. Endemic to southern Australian coasts from the Great Australian Bight to Victoria and Tasmania. Feeds on fish in coastal and estuarine habitats. Colonial nester on rocky coastal islands; often associated with seagrass beds.

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