Cape Gannet vs Northern Gannet

Morus capensis 비교 대상 Morus bassanus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Cape Gannet Northern Gannet
학명 Morus capensis Morus bassanus
Suliformes Suliformes
Sulidae Sulidae
보전 상태 Endangered Least Concern
체장 93.0 cm (36.6 in)
날개 폭 90.0 cm (35.4 in) 180.0 cm (70.9 in)
체중 2592.6666666666665 g (91.45 oz) 3000.0 g (105.82 oz)
식성 -- Shoaling fish, especially mackerel, herring, and capelin. Plunge-dives from heights of 30 meters at speeds …
산란 수 1 1
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Cape Gannet
Northern Gannet 93.0 cm
날개 폭
Cape Gannet 90.0 cm
Northern Gannet 180.0 cm
체중
Cape Gannet 2592.6666666666665 g
Northern Gannet 3000.0 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Cape Gannet only

없음

Northern Gannet only

Northern Gannet

Open ocean and coastal waters. Breeds in dense colonies on steep rocky islands and sea stacks.

Song & Call Comparison

Cape Gannet

Northern Gannet

노래

Loud, harsh 'urrah-urrah' grunting and croaking at breeding colonies on sea stacks. Also gives a softer 'karrr' in flight. Large colonies are extremely noisy during the breeding season.

Geographic Range & Migration

Cape Gannet

Northern Gannet

North Atlantic, breeding from Newfoundland and Gulf of St. Lawrence to Norway, Iceland, and Britain. Winters at sea south to the tropics.

보전 상태

Endangered

Cape Gannet

Least Concern

Northern Gannet

How to Tell Them Apart

Cape Gannet

Northern Gannet

깃털

Brilliant white body with black wingtips and a golden-yellow wash on the head and nape. Blue-grey bill with dark lines and pale blue eye-ring.

부리

Long, straight, pointed, pale blue-grey bill with serrated edges

About These Birds

Cape Gannet

대형 가다랑어잡이새로 체장 84–94cm이며, 흰 몸통에 검은 날개 끝과 노란 빛이 도는 머리를 갖는다. 남아프리카 해안 특정 지역에서 번식하는 고유종이다. 잠수하여 어류를 잡는다. 취약한 상태이다.

Northern Gannet

The northern gannet is a spectacular plunge-diver, folding its two-meter wingspan into an arrow shape to hit the water at up to 100 km/h. Air sacs under the skin and a reinforced skull protect it from the impact. Bass Rock in Scotland hosts over 150,000 gannets, the largest single colony of any seabird in the world.

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