Auckland Islands Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi से तुलना Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Auckland Islands Shag Spectacled Cormorant
वैज्ञानिक नाम Leucocarbo colensoi Urile perspicillatus
गण Suliformes Suliformes
कुल Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Vulnerable Extinct
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 54.7 cm (21.5 in)
वजन 2000.0 g (70.55 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Auckland Islands Shag only

कोई नहीं

Spectacled Cormorant only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Extinct

Spectacled 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.

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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