Slender-billed Prion vs Balearic Shearwater

Pachyptila belcheri comparado com Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Slender-billed Prion Balearic Shearwater
Nome científico Pachyptila belcheri Puffinus mauretanicus
Ordem Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Família Procellariidae Procellariidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Critically Endangered
Comprimento
Envergadura 35,2 cm (13.9 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Peso 152,0 g (5.36 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Slender-billed Prion only

Nenhum

Balearic Shearwater only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Slender-billed Prion

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Slender-billed Prion

25–26 cm. Slenderest-billed prion; pale blue-grey with faint M-mark and narrow dark breast-side patches. Breeds Falkland Islands, Kerguelen, Crozet. Feeds mainly on copepods by surface-seizing rather than filter-feeding. Slightly longer wings give more buoyant flight.

Balearic Shearwater

30–38 cm. Brown above; variably dirty-white to brown below; often shows brown smudging on flanks. Breeds only Balearic Islands, Spain. Critically Endangered with fewer than 3,000 pairs; faces extinction. Migrates to NE Atlantic; threatened by predators, fishing bycatch, and tourist development.

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