Pygmy Cormorant vs Red-faced Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus comparado con Urile urile

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pygmy Cormorant Red-faced Cormorant
Nombre científico Microcarbo pygmaeus Urile urile
Orden Suliformes Suliformes
Familia Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 40,2 cm (15.8 in) 54,1 cm (21.3 in)
Peso 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 2013,0 g (71.01 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 2-8 3-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Pygmy Cormorant only

Red-faced Cormorant only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Least Concern

Red-faced Cormorant

About These Birds

Pygmy Cormorant

45–55 cm. Small; dark brown with chestnut head and neck in breeding; pale yellow throat. Resident across eastern Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia in freshwater lakes and rivers. Vulnerable; declining due to wetland degradation. Feeds on small fish by diving.

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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