Broad-billed Prion vs Balearic Shearwater

Pachyptila vittata so với Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Broad-billed Prion Balearic Shearwater
Tên Khoa Học Pachyptila vittata Puffinus mauretanicus
Bộ Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Họ Procellariidae Procellariidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Critically Endangered
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 39,0 cm (15.4 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Khối Lượng 187,0 g (6.60 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Broad-billed Prion only

Không

Balearic Shearwater only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Broad-billed Prion

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Broad-billed Prion

25–30 cm, wingspan 57–66 cm. Largest prion; pale blue-grey above, white below with dark M-mark across wings. Bill broad, blue with lamellae for filter-feeding on copepods. Breeds Tristan da Cunha and New Zealand subantarctic. Feeds by hydroplaning with bill submerged.

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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