MacGillivray's Prion vs Balearic Shearwater

Pachyptila macgillivrayi से तुलना Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता MacGillivray's Prion Balearic Shearwater
वैज्ञानिक नाम Pachyptila macgillivrayi Puffinus mauretanicus
गण Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
कुल Procellariidae Procellariidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 38.6 cm (15.2 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
वजन 162.5 g (5.73 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

कोई नहीं

MacGillivray's Prion only

कोई नहीं

Balearic Shearwater only

संरक्षण स्थिति

Critically Endangered

MacGillivray's Prion

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

MacGillivray's Prion

25–27 cm. Medium-billed prion intermediate between Broad-billed and Fairy prions; pale blue-grey with dark M-mark. Breeds St. Paul and Amsterdam islands in southern Indian Ocean. Very restricted range; feeds on zooplankton and small crustaceans at sea surface.

Balearic Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown above; variably dirty-white to brown below; often shows brown smudging on flanks. Breeds only Balearic Islands, Spain. Critically Endangered with fewer than 3,000 pairs; faces extinction. Migrates to NE Atlantic; threatened by predators, fishing bycatch, and tourist development.

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