Quantcast

Pelagic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax pelagicusOrder: PELECANIFORMESFamily: Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Pelagic Cormorant Head Illustration_2

Head

  • Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
  • Eye Color: Brown in juveniles, becoming yellow-green to deep sea-green in pre-breeding adults.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Crested or plumed, Eyering
  • Crown Color: Black with metallic green sheen.
  • Forehead Color: Black with metallic green sheen.
  • Nape Color: Black with metallic green sheen.
  • Throat Color: Black with metallic green sheen and red patch.
  • Cere color: No Data
Pelagic Cormorant Body Illustration_2

Body

  • Length Range: 66-74 cm (26-29 in)
  • Weight: 2040 g (72 oz)
  • Size: Large (16 - 32 in)
  • Color Primary: Green, Black, Sheen or Iridescence
  • Underparts: Black
  • Upperparts: Black with metallic green sheen.
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Pelagic Cormorant Flight Illustration_2

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Direct flight with rapid wing beats., Graceful.
  • Wingspan Range: 102 cm (40 in)
  • Wing Shape: Tapered-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Black with metallic green sheen.
  • Under Tail: Black
  • Leg Color: Black
.
Bird database and its related content, illustrations and media is Copyright © 2002 - 2007  Whatbird.com
All rights reserved. No part of this web site may be reproduced without written permission from Mitch Waite Group.
 Privacy Policy.
Percevia® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden.
Family
Species Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Length26 - 29 Inches
Wingspan40 Inches

Pelagic Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant: Small cormorant with glossy black body and bold white patches on flanks. Red face and throat pouch. Head and neck are held straight in flight, with head appearing no wider than neck. Feeds on fish, crustaceans and other invertebrates. Graceful direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Song: No data available.

● Foraging & Feeding: Pelagic Cormorant: Diet consists of marine fish, crustaceans, and other invertebrates; forages by diving from the surface, using its large, webbed feet to swim underwater in search of food.

● Breeding & nesting: Pelagic Cormorant: Three to five pale blue eggs are laid in a nest made of seaweed, feathers, and other debris; nests become large due to re-use year after year. Incubation ranges from 26 to 37 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Pelagic Cormorant: Loons lack hooked bills. Other cormorants are larger and lack combination of red faces and red throat pouches.

Flight Pattern

Direct flight with rapid wing beats., Graceful.
Pelagic Cormorant Body Illustration_2
● Range & Habitat: Pelagic Cormorant: Breeds from the Bering Sea south to northern Baja California. Spends winters south of southern Alaska. Preferred habitats include offshore and inshore waters.
BreedingMonogamous, Colonial
PopulationStable
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight72 Ounces