Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo	Little Shearwater	Balearic Shearwater
Nome científico	Puffinus assimilis	Puffinus mauretanicus
Ordem	Procellariiformes	Procellariiformes
Família	Procellariidae	Procellariidae
Estado de conservação	Least Concern	Critically Endangered
Comprimento	—	—
Envergadura	36,0 cm (14.2 in)	48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Peso	198,0 g (6.98 oz)	514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Dieta	--	--
Tamanho da postura	1	1
Population Trend	—	—

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

🏖️ Coastal

Little Shearwater only

🌲 Forest 🌾 Grassland

Balearic Shearwater only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Little Shearwater

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Little Shearwater

25–30 cm. Small shearwater; dark above with white underparts and extensive white on face and sides of neck. Breeds Canary Islands, Madeira, and southern hemisphere islands; ranges in adjacent oceans. Feeds on small fish and squid; fast fluttering flight close to water.

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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