Auckland Islands Shag vs Black-faced Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi comparado com Phalacrocorax fuscescens

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Auckland Islands Shag Black-faced Cormorant
Nome científico Leucocarbo colensoi Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Ordem Suliformes Suliformes
Família Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservação Vulnerable Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 54,7 cm (21.5 in) 52,8 cm (20.8 in)
Peso 2000,0 g (70.55 oz) 1515,0 g (53.44 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 3 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Auckland Islands Shag only

Nenhum

Black-faced Cormorant only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Least Concern

Black-faced Cormorant

About These Birds

Auckland Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange caruncles. Endemic to Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic. Vulnerable; total population estimated at only a few thousand. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding cold ocean waters. Non-migratory; restricted to the island group.

Black-faced Cormorant

61 cm. Dark sooty-black throughout; bare black facial skin. Endemic to southern Australian coasts from the Great Australian Bight to Victoria and Tasmania. Feeds on fish in coastal and estuarine habitats. Colonial nester on rocky coastal islands; often associated with seagrass beds.

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