Chatham Islands Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo onslowi 비교 대상 Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Chatham Islands Shag Spectacled Cormorant
학명 Leucocarbo onslowi Urile perspicillatus
Suliformes Suliformes
Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
보전 상태 Critically Endangered Extinct
체장
날개 폭 51.8 cm (20.4 in)
체중 2095.0 g (73.90 oz)
식성 -- --
산란 수 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Chatham Islands Shag only

없음

Spectacled Cormorant only

없음

보전 상태

Critically Endangered

Chatham Islands Shag

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Chatham Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange-red caruncles at bill base. Endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; total population fewer than 1,000 birds. Restricted to a few Chatham Islands colonies; feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding coastal waters.

Spectacled Cormorant

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

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