Black-capped Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma hasitata से तुलना Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Black-capped Petrel Balearic Shearwater
वैज्ञानिक नाम Pterodroma hasitata Puffinus mauretanicus
गण Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
कुल Procellariidae Procellariidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Endangered Critically Endangered
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 56.6 cm (22.3 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
वजन 443.8333333333333 g (15.66 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

कोई नहीं

Black-capped Petrel only

Balearic Shearwater only

संरक्षण स्थिति

Endangered

Black-capped Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Black-capped Petrel

40 cm. Large gadfly petrel; dark cap and upperparts, white underparts with dark carpal bar. Breeds Hispaniola and Cuba; once very abundant. Endangered; longline bycatch and habitat loss are key threats. Ranges widely in western and central Atlantic; crepuscular at colonies.

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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