Auckland Islands Shag vs Spectacled Cormorant

Leucocarbo colensoi 对比 Urile perspicillatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Auckland Islands Shag Spectacled Cormorant
学名 Leucocarbo colensoi Urile perspicillatus
Suliformes Suliformes
Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
保护状况 Vulnerable Extinct
体长
翼展 54.7 cm (21.5 in)
体重 2000.0 g (70.55 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Auckland Islands Shag only

Spectacled Cormorant only

保护状况

Vulnerable

Auckland Islands Shag

Extinct

Spectacled Cormorant

About These Birds

Auckland Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange caruncles. Endemic to Auckland Islands, New Zealand subantarctic. Vulnerable; total population estimated at only a few thousand. Feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding cold ocean waters. Non-migratory; restricted to the island group.

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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