Fiji Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi в сравнении с Puffinus mauretanicus

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Характеристика Fiji Petrel Balearic Shearwater
Научное название Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi Puffinus mauretanicus
Отряд Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Семейство Procellariidae Procellariidae
Охранный статус Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
Длина
Размах крыльев 40,8 cm (16.1 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Масса 132,5 g (4.67 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Fiji Petrel only

Balearic Shearwater only

Охранный статус

Critically Endangered

Fiji Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Fiji Petrel

30 cm. Small dark petrel; all dark brown with slightly paler chin. Critically Endangered; only one confirmed breeding record from Gau Island, Fiji. Fewer than 50 known sightings total. Possibly nests in highland forest burrows; one of the rarest and least-known petrels.

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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