Chatham Islands Shag vs Neotropical Cormorant

Leucocarbo onslowi 对比 Nannopterum brasilianum

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Chatham Islands Shag Neotropical Cormorant
学名 Leucocarbo onslowi Nannopterum brasilianum
Suliformes Suliformes
Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae
保护状况 Critically Endangered Least Concern
体长
翼展 51.8 cm (20.4 in)
体重 2095.0 g (73.90 oz) 1452.5 g (51.24 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 3 1-7
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Chatham Islands Shag only

Neotropical Cormorant only

保护状况

Critically Endangered

Chatham Islands Shag

Least Concern

Neotropical Cormorant

About These Birds

Chatham Islands Shag

63 cm. Black and white; orange-red caruncles at bill base. Endemic to Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Critically Endangered; total population fewer than 1,000 birds. Restricted to a few Chatham Islands colonies; feeds on fish and invertebrates in surrounding coastal waters.

Neotropical Cormorant

58–73 cm. Dark brown-black; olive-yellow bare facial skin; small crest in breeding. Most widely distributed New World cormorant; resident from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego in freshwater and coastal habitats. Feeds on fish by diving; colonial nester in trees near water.

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