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| + | '''Alternative name: Spectacled Cormorant''' | ||
;[[:Category:Phalacrocorax|Phalacrocorax]] perspicillatus | ;[[:Category:Phalacrocorax|Phalacrocorax]] perspicillatus | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | An extinct, very large cormorant. | |
| − | + | * Black plumage with purple gloss on wings and green gloss on rest of plumage | |
| + | * Yellow spectacles | ||
| + | * Bare skin on throat yellow | ||
| + | * White patch on lower flanks | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | Formerly on Bering Island (Commander Islands) and possibly on the adjacent coast of Kamchatka Peninsula ([[Russia]]).<br /> |
| − | + | After the island got colonised in the early 19th century the species was heavily hunted and got extinct around 1850. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This was a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Rocky coasts and adjacent seas. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Little is known except its diet included fish. | + | Little is known except its diet included fish.<br /> |
| − | + | Reluctant to fly. | |
| + | ==Reference== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}} | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Phalacrocorax+perspicillatus}} | {{GSearch|Phalacrocorax+perspicillatus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phalacrocorax]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phalacrocorax]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | ||
Revision as of 11:26, 11 June 2015
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The species Pallas's Cormorant is extinct. |
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Alternative name: Spectacled Cormorant
- Phalacrocorax perspicillatus
Identification
An extinct, very large cormorant.
- Black plumage with purple gloss on wings and green gloss on rest of plumage
- Yellow spectacles
- Bare skin on throat yellow
- White patch on lower flanks
Distribution
Formerly on Bering Island (Commander Islands) and possibly on the adjacent coast of Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia).
After the island got colonised in the early 19th century the species was heavily hunted and got extinct around 1850.
Taxonomy
This was a monotypic species.
Habitat
Rocky coasts and adjacent seas.
Behaviour
Little is known except its diet included fish.
Reluctant to fly.
Reference
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pallas's Cormorant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pallas%27s_Cormorant
