Townsend's Shearwater vs Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus auricularis 比較対象 Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Townsend's Shearwater Balearic Shearwater
学名 Puffinus auricularis Puffinus mauretanicus
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
保全状況 Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
体長
翼開長 44.0 cm (17.3 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
体重 324.0 g (11.43 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Townsend's Shearwater only

None

Balearic Shearwater only

保全状況

Critically Endangered

Townsend's Shearwater

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Townsend's Shearwater

33–35 cm. Dark above; white below with dark vent and undertail. Breeds Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico); Critically Endangered with fewer than 1,000 pairs. Threatened by introduced cats and rats; strictly nocturnal at colonies. Ranges in eastern Pacific.

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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