Pygmy Cormorant vs Spectacled Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus comparé à Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribut Pygmy Cormorant Spectacled Cormorant
Nom scientifique Microcarbo pygmaeus Urile perspicillatus
Ordre Suliformes Suliformes
Famille Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Statut de conservation Least Concern Extinct
Longueur
Envergure 40,2 cm (15.8 in)
Poids 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 2-8 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Pygmy Cormorant only

Spectacled Cormorant only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Extinct

Spectacled 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.

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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