Auckland Islands Shag vs Pelagic Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi comparado con Urile pelagicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Auckland Islands Shag Pelagic Cormorant
Nombre científico Leucocarbo colensoi Urile pelagicus
Orden Suliformes Suliformes
Familia Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 54,7 cm (21.5 in) 50,9 cm (20.0 in)
Peso 2000,0 g (70.55 oz) 1767,3333333333333 g (62.34 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 3 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Auckland Islands Shag only

Ninguno

Pelagic Cormorant only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Least Concern

Pelagic 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.

Pelagic Cormorant

63–73 cm. Small, slim cormorant; entirely glossy green-black; narrow bill; slender neck. Breeds along Pacific coasts from Baja California to NE Russia on rocky cliffs. Feeds on small fish in kelp beds. Least gregarious North Pacific cormorant; nests in small scattered groups.

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