Chatham Islands Shag vs Double-crested Cormorant

Leucocarbo onslowi से तुलना Nannopterum auritum

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Chatham Islands Shag Double-crested Cormorant
वैज्ञानिक नाम Leucocarbo onslowi Nannopterum auritum
गण Suliformes Suliformes
कुल Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Critically Endangered Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 51.8 cm (20.4 in)
वजन 2095.0 g (73.90 oz) 1936.0 g (68.29 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 3 3-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Chatham Islands Shag only

कोई नहीं

Double-crested Cormorant only

संरक्षण स्थिति

Critically Endangered

Chatham Islands Shag

Least Concern

Double-crested Cormorant

About These Birds

Chatham Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange-red caruncles at bill base. Endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; total population fewer than 1,000 birds. Restricted to a few Chatham Islands colonies; feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding coastal waters.

Double-crested Cormorant

70–90 cm, wingspan 114–123 cm. Dark with two small orange ear tufts in breeding; orange-yellow facial skin. Widespread across North America and Central America. Highly adaptable; colonial nester. Controversial where it competes with commercial fisheries; feeds almost exclusively on fish.

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