Magellanic Diving-petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pelecanoides magellani comparado con Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Magellanic Diving-petrel Balearic Shearwater
Nombre científico Pelecanoides magellani Puffinus mauretanicus
Orden Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familia Procellariidae Procellariidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Critically Endangered
Longitud
Envergadura 25,1 cm (9.9 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Peso 149,25 g (5.26 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Magellanic Diving-petrel only

Ninguno

Balearic Shearwater only

Ninguno

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Magellanic Diving-petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Magellanic Diving-petrel

20–24 cm. Dark above, white below; narrow white tips to secondary feathers. Breeds southern Chile and Argentina (Strait of Magellan and Falklands). Year-round resident in coastal cold waters. Feeds on fish and crustaceans by pursuit-diving; nests in burrows on coastal islands.

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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