Townsend's Shearwater vs Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus auricularis so với Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Townsend's Shearwater Balearic Shearwater
Tên Khoa Học Puffinus auricularis Puffinus mauretanicus
Bộ Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Họ Procellariidae Procellariidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 44,0 cm (17.3 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
Khối Lượng 324,0 g (11.43 oz) 514,8 g (18.16 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Không

Townsend's Shearwater only

Không

Balearic Shearwater only

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

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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