Antarctic Shag vs Stewart Island Shag

Leucocarbo bransfieldensis से तुलना Leucocarbo chalconotus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Antarctic Shag Stewart Island Shag
वैज्ञानिक नाम Leucocarbo bransfieldensis Leucocarbo chalconotus
गण Suliformes Suliformes
कुल Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Not Evaluated Vulnerable
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 56.7 cm (22.3 in)
वजन 2780.0 g (98.06 oz) 2368.75 g (83.56 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 2-3 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Antarctic Shag only

कोई नहीं

Stewart Island Shag only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Not Evaluated

Antarctic Shag

Vulnerable

Stewart Island Shag

About These Birds

Antarctic Shag

63–72 cm. Black above; white below; caruncles reduced compared to related shags. Breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula and associated islands. Feeds on fish in cold Antarctic coastal waters. One of the southernmost-breeding cormorants; largely sedentary around breeding colonies.

Stewart Island Shag

68 cm. Black and white pied shag; dark forms also occur; orange caruncles. Endemic to Stewart Island and southern South Island coast, New Zealand. Vulnerable; feeds on fish in cold coastal waters. Colonial nester on cliff ledges; closely related to other New Zealand endemic shags.

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