Southern Fulmar vs Balearic Shearwater

Fulmarus glacialoides 비교 대상 Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Southern Fulmar Balearic Shearwater
학명 Fulmarus glacialoides Puffinus mauretanicus
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Critically Endangered
체장
날개 폭 63.0 cm (24.8 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
체중 897.5 g (31.66 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Southern Fulmar only

없음

Balearic Shearwater only

보전 상태

Least Concern

Southern Fulmar

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Southern Fulmar

45–50 cm, wingspan 115–120 cm. Pale grey above, white below with dark wingtips; pink bill with blue tube-nose. Breeds Antarctic cliffs; ranges across Southern Ocean to about 35°S after breeding. Feeds on fish, squid, and krill by surface-seizing. Highly colonial; migratory.

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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