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'''Alernative name: Galapagos Cormorant''' | '''Alernative name: Galapagos Cormorant''' | ||
| − | [[Image:Flightless_Cormorant.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:Flightless_Cormorant.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Mpacker|Mpacker}}<br />[[Galapagos Islands]], [[Ecuador]], July 2000]] |
| − | ;[[:Category: | + | ;[[:Category:Nannopterum|Nannopterum]] harrisi |
| + | ''Phalacrocorax harrisi'' | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Up to 100 cm, a large cormorant. It is dark brown to black. The wings are reduced and look like ducks would look in heavy flight-feather moult. | ||
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| + | ====Similar species==== | ||
| + | No other cormorant is expected in the area, and the wings should clinch in case of doubt. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Galapagos Islands]] on the coasts of Fernandina and Isabela | [[Galapagos Islands]] on the coasts of Fernandina and Isabela | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Rocky coasts | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | They eat eels and other fish, octopus, and other underwater oily animals. The young may be fed until heavier than adult. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:09, 21 February 2023
Alernative name: Galapagos Cormorant
- Nannopterum harrisi
Phalacrocorax harrisi
Identification
Up to 100 cm, a large cormorant. It is dark brown to black. The wings are reduced and look like ducks would look in heavy flight-feather moult.
Similar species
No other cormorant is expected in the area, and the wings should clinch in case of doubt.
Distribution
Galapagos Islands on the coasts of Fernandina and Isabela
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Rocky coasts
Behaviour
Diet
They eat eels and other fish, octopus, and other underwater oily animals. The young may be fed until heavier than adult.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Flightless Cormorant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Flightless_Cormorant
External Links
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