Pygmy Cormorant vs Neotropical Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus comparado com Nannopterum brasilianum

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Pygmy Cormorant Neotropical Cormorant
Nome científico Microcarbo pygmaeus Nannopterum brasilianum
Ordem Suliformes Suliformes
Família Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 40,2 cm (15.8 in)
Peso 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 1452,5 g (51.24 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 2-8 1-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Pygmy Cormorant only

Nenhum

Neotropical Cormorant only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Least Concern

Neotropical Cormorant

About These Birds

Pygmy Cormorant

45–55 cm. Small; dark brown with chestnut head and neck in breeding; pale yellow throat. Resident across eastern Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia in freshwater lakes and rivers. Vulnerable; declining due to wetland degradation. Feeds on small fish by diving.

Neotropical Cormorant

58–73 cm. Dark brown-black; olive-yellow bare facial skin; small crest in breeding. Most widely distributed New World cormorant; resident from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego in freshwater and coastal habitats. Feeds on fish by diving; colonial nester in trees near water.

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