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Phalacrocorax capillatus

Identification

The Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus), also known as Temminck's Cormorant. The Japanese Cormorant has a black body, with a white throat and cheek, and a partially yellow bill. It is one of the species of cormorant that has been domesticated by fishermen, in a tradition known in Japan as ukai.

Distribution

It is a cormorant native to East Asia, from Taiwan north through Korea and Japan to the Russian Far East.

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