MacGillivray's Prion vs Balearic Shearwater

Pachyptila macgillivrayi 对比 Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 MacGillivray's Prion Balearic Shearwater
学名 Pachyptila macgillivrayi Puffinus mauretanicus
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
保护状况 Critically Endangered Critically Endangered
体长
翼展 38.6 cm (15.2 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
体重 162.5 g (5.73 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 -- 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

MacGillivray's Prion only

Balearic Shearwater only

保护状况

Critically Endangered

MacGillivray's Prion

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

MacGillivray's Prion

25–27 cm. Medium-billed prion intermediate between Broad-billed and Fairy prions; pale blue-grey with dark M-mark. Breeds St. Paul and Amsterdam islands in southern Indian Ocean. Very restricted range; feeds on zooplankton and small crustaceans at sea surface.

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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