Auckland Islands Shag vs Cape Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi से तुलना Phalacrocorax capensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Auckland Islands Shag Cape Cormorant
वैज्ञानिक नाम Leucocarbo colensoi Phalacrocorax capensis
गण Suliformes Suliformes
कुल Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Vulnerable Endangered
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 54.7 cm (21.5 in) 50.6 cm (19.9 in)
वजन 2000.0 g (70.55 oz) 1223.75 g (43.17 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 3 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Auckland Islands Shag only

कोई नहीं

Cape Cormorant only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Endangered

Cape 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.

Cape Cormorant

63 cm. All-black with glossy blue-green; bare orange facial skin. Breeds colonially on South African and Namibian islands. Endangered; severe decline due to competition with purse-seine anchovy fisheries and El Niño events. Feeds on anchovy and sardine in Benguela Current.

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