Pygmy Cormorant vs Cape Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus в сравнении с Phalacrocorax capensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Pygmy Cormorant Cape Cormorant
Научное название Microcarbo pygmaeus Phalacrocorax capensis
Отряд Suliformes Suliformes
Семейство Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Endangered
Длина
Размах крыльев 40,2 cm (15.8 in) 50,6 cm (19.9 in)
Масса 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz) 1223,75 g (43.17 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 2-8 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Pygmy Cormorant only

Cape Cormorant only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Endangered

Cape 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.

Cape Cormorant

63 cm. All-black with glossy blue-green; bare orange facial skin. Breeds colonially on South African and Namibian islands. Endangered; severe decline due to competition with purse-seine anchovy fisheries and El Niño events. Feeds on anchovy and sardine in Benguela Current.

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