Audubon's Shearwater vs Balearic Shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri 对比 Puffinus mauretanicus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Audubon's Shearwater Balearic Shearwater
学名 Puffinus lherminieri Puffinus mauretanicus
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
保护状况 Least Concern Critically Endangered
体长
翼展 37.1 cm (14.6 in) 48.4 cm (19.1 in)
体重 209.0 g (7.37 oz) 514.8 g (18.16 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Audubon's Shearwater only

Balearic Shearwater only

保护状况

Least Concern

Audubon's Shearwater

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

About These Birds

Audubon's Shearwater

27–33 cm. Small; dark brown above; white below with clean-cut pattern. Breeds Caribbean, tropical Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean islands. Wide geographic range with multiple subspecies. Feeds on fish; breeds in burrows on oceanic islands; Near Threatened.

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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