Balearic Shearwater vs Christmas Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus в сравнении с Puffinus nativitatis

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Характеристика Balearic Shearwater Christmas Shearwater
Научное название Puffinus mauretanicus Puffinus nativitatis
Отряд Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Семейство Procellariidae Procellariidae
Охранный статус Critically Endangered Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 48,4 cm (19.1 in) 47,1 cm (18.5 in)
Масса 514,8 g (18.16 oz) 357,5 g (12.61 oz)
Питание -- --
Размер кладки 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Нет

Balearic Shearwater only

Christmas Shearwater only

Нет

Охранный статус

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

Least Concern

Christmas Shearwater

About These 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.

Christmas Shearwater

35 cm. All-dark sooty-brown shearwater; dark bill and feet. Breeds Christmas and Palmyra islands in central Pacific; ranges in tropical Pacific. Feeds on fish and squid. Distinguished from other dark shearwaters by small size and tropical Pacific range; Near Threatened.

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