Cape Gannet vs Abbott's Booby

Morus capensis comparado com Papasula abbotti

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Atributo Cape Gannet Abbott's Booby
Nome científico Morus capensis Papasula abbotti
Ordem Suliformes Suliformes
Família Sulidae Sulidae
Estado de conservação Endangered Endangered
Comprimento
Envergadura 90,0 cm (35.4 in) 88,5 cm (34.8 in)
Peso 2592,6666666666665 g (91.45 oz) 1540,0 g (54.32 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1 1
Population Trend

Estado de conservação

Endangered

Cape Gannet

Endangered

Abbott's Booby

About These Birds

Cape Gannet

84–94 cm, wingspan 171 cm. White with black wingtips; yellow-buff head; blue-grey bill. Breeds only on islands off South Africa and Namibia in the Benguela upwelling. Endangered; dramatic decline due to food competition with purse-seine fisheries. Plunge-dives for anchovy.

Abbott's Booby

79 cm. Largely white with black flight feathers and tail; pink bill; blue facial skin. Only booby nesting in trees. Breeds Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Endangered; fewer than 6,000 pairs; threatened by phosphate mining and introduced yellow crazy ants. Ranges Indian and Pacific oceans.

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