Beck's Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pseudobulweria becki в сравнении с Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Beck's Petrel Balearic Shearwater
Научное название Pseudobulweria becki Puffinus mauretanicus
Отряд Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Семейство Procellariidae Procellariidae
Охранный статус Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
Длина
Размах крыльев 47,6 cm (18.7 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Масса 185,0 g (6.53 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Beck's Petrel only

Balearic Shearwater only

Охранный статус

Critically Endangered

Beck's Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Beck's Petrel

29 cm. Small; dark brown above and on breast; white belly. Critically Endangered; known from only two specimens collected 1928–1929 in the Solomon Islands and Bismarck Sea. No confirmed breeding site. Possibly nests on remote Pacific islands; one of the world's least-known birds.

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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