Balearic Shearwater vs Rapa Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus 比較対象 Puffinus myrtae

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Balearic Shearwater Rapa Shearwater
学名 Puffinus mauretanicus Puffinus myrtae
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
保全状況 Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
体長
翼開長 48.4 cm (19.1 in) 48.2 cm (19.0 in)
体重 514.8 g (18.16 oz) 237.5 g (8.38 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 1 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Balearic Shearwater only

Rapa Shearwater only

None

保全状況

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

Critically Endangered

Rapa 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.

Rapa Shearwater

30–33 cm. Dark above; white below. Breeds Rapa Island (French Polynesia). Critically Endangered with a very small population on a single island. Poorly known; threatened by introduced predators. Ranges in central south Pacific; one of the rarest shearwaters.

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