Magellanic Diving-petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pelecanoides magellani в сравнении с Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Magellanic Diving-petrel Balearic Shearwater
Научное название Pelecanoides magellani Puffinus mauretanicus
Отряд Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Семейство Procellariidae Procellariidae
Охранный статус Least Concern Critically Endangered
Длина
Размах крыльев 25,1 cm (9.9 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Масса 149,25 g (5.26 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Magellanic Diving-petrel only

Нет

Balearic Shearwater only

Нет

Охранный статус

Least Concern

Magellanic Diving-petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Magellanic Diving-petrel

20–24 cm. Dark above, white below; narrow white tips to secondary feathers. Breeds southern Chile and Argentina (Strait of Magellan and Falklands). Year-round resident in coastal cold waters. Feeds on fish and crustaceans by pursuit-diving; nests in burrows on coastal islands.

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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