Townsend's Shearwater vs Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus auricularis 비교 대상 Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Townsend's Shearwater Balearic Shearwater
학명 Puffinus auricularis Puffinus mauretanicus
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
체장
날개 폭 44.0 cm (17.3 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
체중 324.0 g (11.43 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Townsend's Shearwater only

없음

Balearic Shearwater only

보전 상태

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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