Great Cormorant vs Cape Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo 비교 대상 Phalacrocorax capensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Great Cormorant Cape Cormorant
학명 Phalacrocorax carbo Phalacrocorax capensis
Suliformes Suliformes
Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Endangered
체장 90.0 cm (35.4 in)
날개 폭 145.0 cm (57.1 in) 50.6 cm (19.9 in)
체중 2600.0 g (91.71 oz) 1223.75 g (43.17 oz)
식성 Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … --
산란 수 1-7 2-3
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Cormorant 90.0 cm
Cape Cormorant
날개 폭
Great Cormorant 145.0 cm
Cape Cormorant 50.6 cm
체중
Great Cormorant 2600.0 g
Cape Cormorant 1223.75 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Great Cormorant only

Cape Cormorant only

없음

Great Cormorant

Coasts, estuaries, lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. Nests in colonies in trees, on cliffs, or on the ground.

Song & Call Comparison

Great Cormorant

노래

Deep, guttural grunts and 'karrr' calls at colonies. Bill-clicking and hissing in threat displays. Silent at sea. Colonial noise can be deafening during the breeding season.

Cape Cormorant

Geographic Range & Migration

Great Cormorant

Very wide range across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia. One of the most widespread cormorant species.

Cape Cormorant

보전 상태

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Endangered

Cape Cormorant

How to Tell Them Apart

Great Cormorant

깃털

All black with a bronze-green gloss. White throat patch and white thigh patches in breeding season. Yellow-orange face patch around the bill base.

부리

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Cape Cormorant

About These Birds

Great Cormorant

The great cormorant is one of the most widespread seabirds in the world. Unlike most waterbirds, cormorants lack fully waterproof plumage, leading to the iconic pose of standing with wings spread open to dry. In Asia, cormorants have been used by fishermen to catch fish for over a thousand years.

Cape Cormorant

케이프가마우지는 남아프리카와 나미비아 섬에서 번식하는 광택 있는 청록색의 검은 가마우지입니다. 멸종위기종으로, 앤초비 어업과 엘니뇨로 인한 식량 경쟁으로 개체수가 크게 감소했습니다.

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