Tropical Shearwater vs Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus bailloni 비교 대상 Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Tropical Shearwater Balearic Shearwater
학명 Puffinus bailloni Puffinus mauretanicus
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Critically Endangered
체장
날개 폭 37.0 cm (14.6 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
체중 212.0 g (7.48 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Tropical Shearwater only

없음

Balearic Shearwater only

보전 상태

Least Concern

Tropical Shearwater

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Tropical Shearwater

27–31 cm. Small; dark brown above; white below. Breeds islands of Indian Ocean and west Pacific. Several subspecies sometimes treated as separate species. Feeds on fish and squid; nocturnal at breeding colonies. Part of the Audubon's Shearwater species complex.

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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