Auckland Islands Shag vs Red-faced Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi comparado con Urile urile

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Auckland Islands Shag Red-faced Cormorant
Nombre científico Leucocarbo colensoi Urile urile
Orden Suliformes Suliformes
Familia Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservación Vulnerable Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 54,7 cm (21.5 in) 54,1 cm (21.3 in)
Peso 2000,0 g (70.55 oz) 2013,0 g (71.01 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 3 3-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Auckland Islands Shag only

Ninguno

Red-faced Cormorant only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Least Concern

Red-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.

Red-faced Cormorant

71–89 cm. Dark with vivid red facial skin; blue eyes; glossy green sheen. Breeds Aleutian and western Alaskan islands and NE Asia coasts. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in shallow coastal waters. Near Threatened; populations affected by oil pollution and entanglement in gillnets.

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