Rough-faced Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo carunculatus comparado com Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rough-faced Shag Spectacled Cormorant
Nome científico Leucocarbo carunculatus Urile perspicillatus
Ordem Suliformes Suliformes
Família Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservação Vulnerable Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 57,6 cm (22.7 in)
Peso 2577,5 g (90.92 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1-3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rough-faced Shag only

Nenhum

Spectacled Cormorant only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Vulnerable

Rough-faced Shag

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Rough-faced Shag

65–70 cm. Black above; white below; prominent orange-red facial caruncles. Endemic to Cook Strait area, New Zealand. Vulnerable; small fragmented population. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in coastal waters. Colonial nester on cliff ledges; distinct from other New Zealand shags.

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.

More Birds to Explore

Explore the Nature FYI Family