Magellanic Diving-petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pelecanoides magellani से तुलना Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Magellanic Diving-petrel Balearic Shearwater
वैज्ञानिक नाम Pelecanoides magellani Puffinus mauretanicus
गण Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
कुल Procellariidae Procellariidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Least Concern Critically Endangered
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 25.1 cm (9.9 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
वजन 149.25 g (5.26 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Magellanic Diving-petrel only

कोई नहीं

Balearic Shearwater only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Least Concern

Magellanic Diving-petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Magellanic Diving-petrel

20–24 cm. Dark above, white below; narrow white tips to secondary feathers. Breeds southern Chile and Argentina (Strait of Magellan and Falklands). Year-round resident in coastal cold waters. Feeds on fish and crustaceans by pursuit-diving; nests in burrows on coastal islands.

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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