Pelagic Cormorant [Phalacrocorax pelagicus]
Description
The Pelagic Cormorant is a small, slender cormorant of the Pacific. Adults are black with a thin bill, red face, and white patches on the flanks and rump. They feed by diving for fish and marine invertebrates.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Chordates
Chordata
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|---|---|
| Class |
Birds
Aves
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| Order |
Cormorants and Shags
Suliformes
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| Family |
Cormorants and Shags
Phalacrocoracidae
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| Genus |
Cormorants
Phalacrocorax
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