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Phalacrocorax perspicillatus (Pallas's cormorant)

Synonyms: Urile perspicillatus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The spectacled cormorant or Pallas's cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) is an extinct marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabited Bering Island and possibly other places in the Komandorski Islands and the nearby coast of Kamchatka in the far northeast of Russia. It is the largest species of cormorant known to have existed.
View Wikipedia Record: Phalacrocorax perspicillatus

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Phalacrocorax perspicillatus

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0