Pygmy Cormorant vs Flightless Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus से तुलना Nannopterum harrisi

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Pygmy Cormorant Flightless Cormorant
वैज्ञानिक नाम Microcarbo pygmaeus Nannopterum harrisi
गण Suliformes Suliformes
कुल Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Vulnerable
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 40.2 cm (15.8 in) 37.8 cm (14.9 in)
वजन 693.3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 3241.6666666666665 g (114.35 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 2-8 1-4
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Pygmy Cormorant only

Flightless Cormorant only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Vulnerable

Flightless 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.

Flightless Cormorant

89–100 cm. Dark brown; vestigial wings unsuited for flight; bright turquoise eyes. Endemic to Galapagos Islands (Fernandina and Isabela). Only flightless cormorant; Vulnerable with about 1,000 pairs. Feeds on fish and octopus by diving near shore; no natural land predators historically.

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