Southern Fulmar vs Balearic Shearwater

Fulmarus glacialoides से तुलना Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Southern Fulmar Balearic Shearwater
वैज्ञानिक नाम Fulmarus glacialoides Puffinus mauretanicus
गण Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
कुल Procellariidae Procellariidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Critically Endangered
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 63.0 cm (24.8 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
वजन 897.5 g (31.66 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

कोई नहीं

Southern Fulmar only

कोई नहीं

Balearic Shearwater only

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Southern Fulmar

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Southern Fulmar

45–50 cm, wingspan 115–120 cm. Pale grey above, white below with dark wingtips; pink bill with blue tube-nose. Breeds Antarctic cliffs; ranges across Southern Ocean to about 35°S after breeding. Feeds on fish, squid, and krill by surface-seizing. Highly colonial; migratory.

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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