Great Cormorant vs Macquarie Shag

Phalacrocorax carbo เปรียบเทียบกับ Leucocarbo purpurascens

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Great Cormorant Macquarie Shag
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Phalacrocorax carbo Leucocarbo purpurascens
อันดับ Suliformes Suliformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Not Evaluated
ความยาว 90.0 cm (35.4 in)
กว้างปีก 145.0 cm (57.1 in)
น้ำหนัก 2600.0 g (91.71 oz) 2788.3333333333335 g (98.36 oz)
อาหาร Fish caught by diving from the surface. Pursues prey underwater using powerful feet for propulsion. … --
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Great Cormorant 90.0 cm
Macquarie Shag
กว้างปีก
Great Cormorant 145.0 cm
Macquarie Shag
น้ำหนัก
Great Cormorant 2600.0 g
Macquarie Shag 2788.3333333333335 g
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Habitat Comparison

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Great Cormorant only

Macquarie Shag only

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Great Cormorant

Coasts, estuaries, lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. Nests in colonies in trees, on cliffs, or on the ground.

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Song & Call Comparison

Great Cormorant

เสียงร้อง

Deep, guttural grunts and 'karrr' calls at colonies. Bill-clicking and hissing in threat displays. Silent at sea. Colonial noise can be deafening during the breeding season.

Macquarie Shag

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Geographic Range & Migration

Great Cormorant

Very wide range across Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia. One of the most widespread cormorant species.

Macquarie Shag

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Great Cormorant

Not Evaluated

Macquarie Shag

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How to Tell Them Apart

Great Cormorant

ขนนก

All black with a bronze-green gloss. White throat patch and white thigh patches in breeding season. Yellow-orange face patch around the bill base.

ปาก

Long, hooked, dark bill with a yellow gape

Macquarie Shag

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About These Birds

Great Cormorant

The great cormorant is one of the most widespread seabirds in the world. Unlike most waterbirds, cormorants lack fully waterproof plumage, leading to the iconic pose of standing with wings spread open to dry. In Asia, cormorants have been used by fishermen to catch fish for over a thousand years.

Macquarie Shag

63–75 cm. Black with purple-green gloss; white underparts; orange-yellow caruncles. Endemic to Macquarie Island (Australian subantarctic). Vulnerable; total population only a few thousand birds. Feeds on fish in cold sub-Antarctic waters; nests colonially on coastal cliffs.

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