Townsend's Shearwater vs Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus auricularis ile kıyaslandığında Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Townsend's Shearwater Balearic Shearwater
Bilimsel Ad Puffinus auricularis Puffinus mauretanicus
Takım Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Familya Procellariidae Procellariidae
Koruma Durumu Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 44,0 cm (17.3 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Ağırlık 324,0 g (11.43 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Hiçbiri

Townsend's Shearwater only

Hiçbiri

Balearic Shearwater only

Koruma Durumu

Critically Endangered

Townsend's Shearwater

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Townsend's Shearwater

33–35 cm. Dark above; white below with dark vent and undertail. Breeds Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico); Critically Endangered with fewer than 1,000 pairs. Threatened by introduced cats and rats; strictly nocturnal at colonies. Ranges in eastern Pacific.

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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