Bermuda Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma cahow 比較対象 Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Bermuda Petrel Balearic Shearwater
学名 Pterodroma cahow Puffinus mauretanicus
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
保全状況 Endangered Critically Endangered
体長
翼開長 49.0 cm (19.3 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
体重 329.8 g (11.63 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Bermuda Petrel only

None

Balearic Shearwater only

None

保全状況

Endangered

Bermuda Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Bermuda Petrel

38 cm. Dark grey-brown above; white below with dark partial collar. Critically Endangered; once thought extinct, rediscovered 1951 in Bermuda. Fewer than 140 breeding pairs on offshore islets. Recovery aided by artificial burrows; feeds on squid and fish in open Atlantic.

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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