Pygmy Cormorant vs Spectacled Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus से तुलना Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Pygmy Cormorant Spectacled Cormorant
वैज्ञानिक नाम Microcarbo pygmaeus Urile perspicillatus
गण Suliformes Suliformes
कुल Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Extinct
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 40.2 cm (15.8 in)
वजन 693.3333333333334 g (24.46 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 2-8 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Pygmy Cormorant only

Spectacled Cormorant only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Pygmy Cormorant

45–55 cm. Small; dark brown with chestnut head and neck in breeding; pale yellow throat. Resident across eastern Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia in freshwater lakes and rivers. Vulnerable; declining due to wetland degradation. Feeds on small fish by diving.

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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