Burung laut (Seabirds)
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelis
- tidak umum
- 45 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Dives to 61 meters for fish. Breeding plumage glows iridescent green with a jaunty forward-curling crest.
- Populasi
- Estimates range from ~230,000-240,000 to 260,000-290,000 individuals.
- Habitat
- Rocky sea coasts, cliffs, and islets, nesting on ledges, crevices, and small caves; almost exclusively marine and rarely found inland
- Fakta menarik
- The European shag is one of the deepest-diving cormorants, capable of plunging to depths of over 45 m (records to 61 m / 200 ft) while foraging almost entirely on the sea bottom.
- Sebaran
- Coasts of western and southern Europe (from Iceland and northern Scandinavia south to the Iberian Peninsula), southwest Asia, and northwest Africa, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea; three recognized subspecies (G. a. aristotelis, G. a. desmarestii, G. a. riggenbachi) across this range
- Makanan
- Fish, especially sand eels, taken by pursuit-diving to the sea bottom; also small amounts of molluscs, crustaceans, cephalopods, and marine worms
- Ukuran
- 0,73 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1 m
- Masa hidup
- 8 tahun
