South Georgia Diving-petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pelecanoides georgicus से तुलना Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता South Georgia Diving-petrel Balearic Shearwater
वैज्ञानिक नाम Pelecanoides georgicus Puffinus mauretanicus
गण Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
कुल Procellariidae Procellariidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Critically Endangered
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 22.6 cm (8.9 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
वजन 129.0 g (4.55 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

South Georgia Diving-petrel only

कोई नहीं

Balearic Shearwater only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

South Georgia Diving-petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

South Georgia Diving-petrel

20 cm. Tiny; dark above, white below; paler scapular edges. Breeds South Georgia, Kerguelen, and Heard Island. Extremely abundant; possibly billions of individuals in Southern Ocean. Feeds on euphausiids by diving; sympatric with Common Diving-petrel but smaller with narrower bill.

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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