South Georgia Diving-petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pelecanoides georgicus comparado con Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo South Georgia Diving-petrel Balearic Shearwater
Nombre científico Pelecanoides georgicus Puffinus mauretanicus
Orden Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familia Procellariidae Procellariidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Critically Endangered
Longitud
Envergadura 22,6 cm (8.9 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Peso 129,0 g (4.55 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

South Georgia Diving-petrel only

Ninguno

Balearic Shearwater only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

South Georgia Diving-petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

South Georgia Diving-petrel

20 cm. Tiny; dark above, white below; paler scapular edges. Breeds South Georgia, Kerguelen, and Heard Island. Extremely abundant; possibly billions of individuals in Southern Ocean. Feeds on euphausiids by diving; sympatric with Common Diving-petrel but smaller with narrower bill.

Balearic Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown above; variably dirty-white to brown below; often shows brown smudging on flanks. Breeds only Balearic Islands, Spain. Critically Endangered with fewer than 3,000 pairs; faces extinction. Migrates to NE Atlantic; threatened by predators, fishing bycatch, and tourist development.

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