Pelagic cormorant / Meerscharbe (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax); Family Cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: North America, Asia.
General: The pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus), also known as Baird's cormorant, is a small member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Analogous to other smallish cormorants, it is also called the pelagic shag occasionally. This seabird lives along the coasts of the northern Pacific; during winter it can also be found in the open ocean.^[2] Pelagic cormorants have relatively short wings due to their need for economical movement underwater, and consequently have the highest flight costs of any bird.^[3] [more]