Chatham Islands Shag vs Neotropical Cormorant

Leucocarbo onslowi comparado con Nannopterum brasilianum

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Chatham Islands Shag Neotropical Cormorant
Nombre científico Leucocarbo onslowi Nannopterum brasilianum
Orden Suliformes Suliformes
Familia Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservación Critically Endangered Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 51,8 cm (20.4 in)
Peso 2095,0 g (73.90 oz) 1452,5 g (51.24 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 3 1-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Chatham Islands Shag only

Ninguno

Neotropical Cormorant only

Estado de conservación

Critically Endangered

Chatham Islands Shag

Least Concern

Neotropical Cormorant

About These Birds

Chatham Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange-red caruncles at bill base. Endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; total population fewer than 1,000 birds. Restricted to a few Chatham Islands colonies; feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding coastal waters.

Neotropical Cormorant

58–73 cm. Dark brown-black; olive-yellow bare facial skin; small crest in breeding. Most widely distributed New World cormorant; resident from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego in freshwater and coastal habitats. Feeds on fish by diving; colonial nester in trees near water.

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