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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性	Cape Gannet	Northern Gannet
学名	Morus capensis	Morus bassanus
目	Suliformes	Suliformes
科	Sulidae	Sulidae
保全状況	Endangered	Least Concern
体長	—	93.0 cm (36.6 in)
翼開長	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	180.0 cm (70.9 in)
体重	2592.6666666666665 g (91.45 oz)	3000.0 g (105.82 oz)
食性	--	Shoaling fish, especially mackerel, herring, and capelin. Plunge-dives from heights of 30 meters at speeds …
一腹卵数	1	1
Population Trend	—	—

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Size Comparison

Body Length

Cape Gannet —

Northern Gannet 93.0 cm

翼開長

Cape Gannet 90.0 cm

Northern Gannet 180.0 cm

体重

Cape Gannet 2592.6666666666665 g

Northern Gannet 3000.0 g

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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Cape Gannet only

None

Northern Gannet only

🏖️ Coastal

Northern Gannet

Open ocean and coastal waters. Breeds in dense colonies on steep rocky islands and sea stacks.

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Song & Call Comparison

Cape Gannet

Northern Gannet

さえずり

Loud, harsh 'urrah-urrah' grunting and croaking at breeding colonies on sea stacks. Also gives a softer 'karrr' in flight. Large colonies are extremely noisy during the breeding season.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Cape Gannet

Northern Gannet

North Atlantic, breeding from Newfoundland and Gulf of St. Lawrence to Norway, Iceland, and Britain. Winters at sea south to the tropics.

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保全状況

Endangered

Cape Gannet

Least Concern

Northern Gannet

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How to Tell Them Apart

Cape Gannet

Northern Gannet

羽毛

Brilliant white body with black wingtips and a golden-yellow wash on the head and nape. Blue-grey bill with dark lines and pale blue eye-ring.

くちばし

Long, straight, pointed, pale blue-grey bill with serrated edges

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About These Birds

Cape Gannet

ケープガネット。南アフリカ沿岸に生息する大型の海鳥。体長84〜94cm。白い体と黄色い頭部が特徴的。群れで魚を高所から急降下して捕食する。南アフリカの島に集団繁殖する。絶滅危惧種。

Northern Gannet

The northern gannet is a spectacular plunge-diver, folding its two-meter wingspan into an arrow shape to hit the water at up to 100 km/h. Air sacs under the skin and a reinforced skull protect it from the impact. Bass Rock in Scotland hosts over 150,000 gannets, the largest single colony of any seabird in the world.

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