Cape Verde Shearwater vs Northern Fulmar

Calonectris edwardsii เปรียบเทียบกับ Fulmarus glacialis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Cape Verde Shearwater Northern Fulmar
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Calonectris edwardsii Fulmarus glacialis
อันดับ Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Procellariidae Procellariidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Near Threatened Least Concern
ความยาว 47.0 cm (18.5 in)
กว้างปีก 61.8 cm (24.3 in) 107.0 cm (42.1 in)
น้ำหนัก 470.0 g (16.58 oz) 750.0 g (26.46 oz)
อาหาร -- Fish, squid, crustaceans, offal from fishing vessels, and zooplankton. Feeds by surface-seizing and shallow plunge-diving.
จำนวนไข่ 1 1
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Cape Verde Shearwater
Northern Fulmar 47.0 cm
กว้างปีก
Cape Verde Shearwater 61.8 cm
Northern Fulmar 107.0 cm
น้ำหนัก
Cape Verde Shearwater 470.0 g
Northern Fulmar 750.0 g
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Song & Call Comparison

Cape Verde Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

เสียงร้อง

A nasal, cackling 'kak-kak-kak-kak' or grunting 'uh-uh-uh' at the nest and colony. Less melodic than petrels. In flight gives occasional single nasal calls.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Cape Verde Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Breeds from the Arctic south to Britain, France, and New England.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Near Threatened

Cape Verde Shearwater

Least Concern

Northern Fulmar

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How to Tell Them Apart

Cape Verde Shearwater

Northern Fulmar

ขนนก

Light morph: white head and underparts with grey wings and back. Dark morph: entirely grey. Tube-nosed bill and stiff-winged flight distinctive at sea.

ปาก

Yellowish hooked bill with prominent tubular nostrils on top

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About These Birds

Cape Verde Shearwater

43–47 cm. Smaller than Cory's Shearwater; grey-brown above, white below with yellow bill. Breeds Cape Verde Islands. Migrates south through east Atlantic to south Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Near Threatened; threatened by introduced cats and rats; feeds on fish and squid.

Northern Fulmar

The northern fulmar is a long-lived seabird that can survive over 40 years. It defends its nest by projectile-vomiting a foul-smelling stomach oil at intruders, which can mat the feathers of predators and cause fatal loss of waterproofing. Fulmars have expanded their breeding range dramatically southward over the past two centuries.

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