White-headed Petrel vs Balearic Shearwater

Pterodroma lessonii so với Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính White-headed Petrel Balearic Shearwater
Tên Khoa Học Pterodroma lessonii Puffinus mauretanicus
Bộ Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Họ Procellariidae Procellariidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Critically Endangered
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 60,7 cm (23.9 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Khối Lượng 695,0 g (24.52 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

White-headed Petrel only

Balearic Shearwater only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

White-headed Petrel

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

White-headed Petrel

43 cm, wingspan 109 cm. Large petrel with white head, grey back, and white underparts; dark upperwing. Breeds Kerguelen, Macquarie, Auckland, and Antipodes islands. Ranges in subantarctic to temperate Southern Ocean. Feeds on squid and fish; nocturnal at colonies.

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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