Bermuda Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma cahow comparado com Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bermuda Petrel Balearic Shearwater
Nome científico Pterodroma cahow Puffinus mauretanicus
Ordem Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Família Procellariidae Procellariidae
Estado de conservação Endangered Critically Endangered
Comprimento
Envergadura 49,0 cm (19.3 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Peso 329,8 g (11.63 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Bermuda Petrel only

Nenhum

Balearic Shearwater only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Endangered

Bermuda Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Bermuda Petrel

38 cm. Dark grey-brown above; white below with dark partial collar. Critically Endangered; once thought extinct, rediscovered 1951 in Bermuda. Fewer than 140 breeding pairs on offshore islets. Recovery aided by artificial burrows; feeds on squid and fish in open Atlantic.

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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