Double-crested Cormorant vs Bank Cormorant

Nannopterum auritum से तुलना Phalacrocorax neglectus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Double-crested Cormorant Bank Cormorant
वैज्ञानिक नाम Nannopterum auritum Phalacrocorax neglectus
गण Suliformes Suliformes
कुल Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Endangered
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 52.2 cm (20.6 in)
वजन 1936.0 g (68.29 oz) 1930.0 g (68.08 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 3-4 1-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Double-crested Cormorant only

Bank Cormorant only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Double-crested Cormorant

Endangered

Bank Cormorant

About These Birds

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.

Bank Cormorant

76 cm. Dark sooty-brown; bare-faced; yellow at gape. Endemic to South Africa and Namibia coast; Near Threatened. Breeds on rocky islands and coastal cliffs. Feeds on fish in the cold Benguela upwelling. Does not venture far from breeding colonies; very restricted coastal range.

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