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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