Balearic Shearwater vs Christmas Shearwater

Puffinus mauretanicus 对比 Puffinus nativitatis

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Balearic Shearwater Christmas Shearwater
学名 Puffinus mauretanicus Puffinus nativitatis
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes
Procellariidae Procellariidae
保护状况 Critically Endangered Least Concern
体长
翼展 48.4 cm (19.1 in) 47.1 cm (18.5 in)
体重 514.8 g (18.16 oz) 357.5 g (12.61 oz)
食性 -- --
产卵数 1 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Balearic Shearwater only

Christmas Shearwater only

保护状况

Critically Endangered

Balearic Shearwater

Least Concern

Christmas Shearwater

About These Birds

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.

Christmas Shearwater

35 cm. All-dark sooty-brown shearwater; dark bill and feet. Breeds Christmas and Palmyra islands in central Pacific; ranges in tropical Pacific. Feeds on fish and squid. Distinguished from other dark shearwaters by small size and tropical Pacific range; Near Threatened.

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