White-headed Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma lessonii comparado com Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo White-headed Petrel Balearic Shearwater
Nome científico Pterodroma lessonii Puffinus mauretanicus
Ordem Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Família Procellariidae Procellariidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Critically Endangered
Comprimento
Envergadura 60,7 cm (23.9 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Peso 695,0 g (24.52 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

White-headed Petrel only

Balearic Shearwater only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

White-headed Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

White-headed Petrel

43 cm, wingspan 109 cm. Large petrel with white head, grey back, and white underparts; dark upperwing. Breeds Kerguelen, Macquarie, Auckland, and Antipodes islands. Ranges in subantarctic to temperate Southern Ocean. Feeds on squid and fish; nocturnal at colonies.

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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