Pygmy Cormorant vs Spectacled Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus ile kıyaslandığında Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Pygmy Cormorant Spectacled Cormorant
Bilimsel Ad Microcarbo pygmaeus Urile perspicillatus
Takım Suliformes Suliformes
Familya Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
Koruma Durumu Least Concern Extinct
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 40,2 cm (15.8 in)
Ağırlık 693,3333333333334 g (24.46 oz)
Beslenme -- --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2-8 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Pygmy Cormorant only

Spectacled Cormorant only

Hiçbiri

Koruma Durumu

Least Concern

Pygmy Cormorant

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Pygmy Cormorant

45–55 cm. Small; dark brown with chestnut head and neck in breeding; pale yellow throat. Resident across eastern Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia in freshwater lakes and rivers. Vulnerable; declining due to wetland degradation. Feeds on small fish by diving.

Spectacled Cormorant

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

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