Balearic Shearwater vs Galapagos Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus 비교 대상 Puffinus subalaris

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Balearic Shearwater Galapagos Shearwater
학명 Puffinus mauretanicus Puffinus subalaris
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
보전 상태 Critically Endangered Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 48.4 cm (19.1 in) 37.2 cm (14.6 in)
체중 514.8 g (18.16 oz) 176.5 g (6.23 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

없음

Balearic Shearwater only

Galapagos Shearwater only

없음

보전 상태

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

Least Concern

Galapagos Shearwater

About These Birds

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.

Galapagos Shearwater

27–30 cm. Dark above; white below with grey-brown flanks and vent. Breeds Galapagos Islands (endemic). Ranges in eastern Pacific near the archipelago. Near Threatened; threatened by introduced predators. Feeds on fish near productive Humboldt Current upwellings.

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