Black-capped Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma hasitata в сравнении с Puffinus mauretanicus

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Характеристика Black-capped Petrel Balearic Shearwater
Научное название Pterodroma hasitata Puffinus mauretanicus
Отряд Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Семейство Procellariidae Procellariidae
Охранный статус Endangered Critically Endangered
Длина
Размах крыльев 56,6 cm (22.3 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Масса 443,8333333333333 g (15.66 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Black-capped Petrel only

Balearic Shearwater only

Охранный статус

Endangered

Black-capped Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Black-capped Petrel

40 cm. Large gadfly petrel; dark cap and upperparts, white underparts with dark carpal bar. Breeds Hispaniola and Cuba; once very abundant. Endangered; longline bycatch and habitat loss are key threats. Ranges widely in western and central Atlantic; crepuscular at colonies.

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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