Antarctic Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo bransfieldensis comparado com Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Antarctic Shag Spectacled Cormorant
Nome científico Leucocarbo bransfieldensis Urile perspicillatus
Ordem Suliformes Suliformes
Família Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservação Not Evaluated Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura
Peso 2780,0 g (98.06 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 2-3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Antarctic Shag only

Nenhum

Spectacled Cormorant only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Not Evaluated

Antarctic Shag

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Antarctic Shag

63–72 cm. Black above; white below; caruncles reduced compared to related shags. Breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula and associated islands. Feeds on fish in cold Antarctic coastal waters. One of the southernmost-breeding cormorants; largely sedentary around breeding colonies.

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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