Southern Fulmar vs Balearic Shearwater

Fulmarus glacialoides comparado com Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Southern Fulmar Balearic Shearwater
Nome científico Fulmarus glacialoides Puffinus mauretanicus
Ordem Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Família Procellariidae Procellariidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Critically Endangered
Comprimento
Envergadura 63,0 cm (24.8 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Peso 897,5 g (31.66 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Southern Fulmar only

Nenhum

Balearic Shearwater only

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Southern Fulmar

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Southern Fulmar

45–50 cm, wingspan 115–120 cm. Pale grey above, white below with dark wingtips; pink bill with blue tube-nose. Breeds Antarctic cliffs; ranges across Southern Ocean to about 35°S after breeding. Feeds on fish, squid, and krill by surface-seizing. Highly colonial; migratory.

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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