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Japanese Cormorant
jmorlan

Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)

Also known as Temminck's Cormorants, and sometimes by the scientific name P. filamentosus, these large cormorants are endemic to northeast Asia breeding on rocky shores from Sakhalin through Japan to South Korea. Very similar to Great Cormorant, but given close views, the two may be distinguished by the extent and shape of the bare yellow facial skin which is much reduced in Japanese Cormorant. This photo of a winter adult shows the pointed rear projection of the gape line unlike the rounded rear gape of Great Cormorant. Japanese Cormorant is also slightly larger than the local subspecies of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae). Both occur along the coast, but the Great Cormorant is most common inland where the Japanese Cormorant does not normally occur. Fittingly the Japanese name for the Great Cormorant is "River Cormorant" while Japanese Cormorant translates to "Sea Cormorant." Canon PowerShot SX60
Location
Choshi--Choshi Port, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Date taken
10 February 2019
Scientific name
Phalacrocorax capillatus
Equipment used
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
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Opus Editor
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Gosh!! We don't see much of this one in here do we Joe!!

A super picture you've taken of him lad - very well done.
 

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Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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