Balearic Shearwater vs Galapagos Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus comparé à Puffinus subalaris

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Attribut Balearic Shearwater Galapagos Shearwater
Nom scientifique Puffinus mauretanicus Puffinus subalaris
Ordre Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Famille Procellariidae Procellariidae
Statut de conservation Critically Endangered Least Concern
Longueur
Envergure 48,4 cm (19.1 in) 37,2 cm (14.6 in)
Poids 514,8 g (18.16 oz) 176,5 g (6.23 oz)
Régime alimentaire -- --
Taille de la couvée 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partagés

Aucun(e)

Balearic Shearwater only

Galapagos Shearwater only

Aucun(e)

Statut de conservation

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

Least Concern

Galapagos Shearwater

About These Birds

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.

Galapagos Shearwater

27–30 cm. Dark above; white below with grey-brown flanks and vent. Breeds Galapagos Islands (endemic). Ranges in eastern Pacific near the archipelago. Near Threatened; threatened by introduced predators. Feeds on fish near productive Humboldt Current upwellings.

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