#1457 · 🐦 birds

Pelagic Cormorant

🇳🇱 Pelagische Aalscholver ·Urile pelagicus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The pelagic cormorant ( Urile pelagicus ), also known as Baird's cormorant or violet-green 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. Pelagic cormorants have relatively short wings due to their need for economical movement underwater, and consequently have the highest flight...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,589iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).