Balearic Shearwater vs Christmas Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus से तुलना Puffinus nativitatis

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Balearic Shearwater Christmas Shearwater
वैज्ञानिक नाम Puffinus mauretanicus Puffinus nativitatis
गण Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
कुल Procellariidae Procellariidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Critically Endangered Least Concern
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 48.4 cm (19.1 in) 47.1 cm (18.5 in)
वजन 514.8 g (18.16 oz) 357.5 g (12.61 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

कोई नहीं

Balearic Shearwater only

Christmas Shearwater only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

Least Concern

Christmas Shearwater

About These Birds

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.

Christmas Shearwater

35 cm. All-dark sooty-brown shearwater; dark bill and feet. Breeds Christmas and Palmyra islands in central Pacific; ranges in tropical Pacific. Feeds on fish and squid. Distinguished from other dark shearwaters by small size and tropical Pacific range; Near Threatened.

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