Pygmy Cormorant vs Neotropical Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus в сравнении с Nannopterum brasilianum

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Pygmy Cormorant Neotropical Cormorant
Научное название Microcarbo pygmaeus Nannopterum brasilianum
Отряд Suliformes Suliformes
Семейство Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 40,2 cm (15.8 in)
Масса 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 1452,5 g (51.24 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2-8 1-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Pygmy Cormorant only

Нет

Neotropical Cormorant only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Least Concern

Neotropical Cormorant

About These Birds

Pygmy Cormorant

45–55 cm. Small; dark brown with chestnut head and neck in breeding; pale yellow throat. Resident across eastern Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia in freshwater lakes and rivers. Vulnerable; declining due to wetland degradation. Feeds on small fish by diving.

Neotropical Cormorant

58–73 cm. Dark brown-black; olive-yellow bare facial skin; small crest in breeding. Most widely distributed New World cormorant; resident from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego in freshwater and coastal habitats. Feeds on fish by diving; colonial nester in trees near water.

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