Auckland Islands Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi comparé à Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Auckland Islands Shag Spectacled Cormorant
Nom scientifique Leucocarbo colensoi Urile perspicillatus
Ordre Suliformes Suliformes
Famille Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Statut de conservation Vulnerable Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 54,7 cm (21.5 in)
Poids 2000,0 g (70.55 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Auckland Islands Shag only

Aucun(e)

Spectacled Cormorant only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Auckland Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange caruncles. Endemic to Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic. Vulnerable; total population estimated at only a few thousand. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding cold ocean waters. Non-migratory; restricted to the island group.

Spectacled Cormorant

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

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