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Pelagic Cormorant

Urile pelagicus

The Pelagic Cormorant is a sleek, black bird that loves to dive underwater to catch fish. You can often see them perched on rocks or floating on the ocean waves, showing off their beautiful greenish eyes.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Pelagic Cormorant is a slender, medium-sized seabird with glossy, iridescent dark green and purplish-blue feathers. It has a small head, a long, thin neck, and a slender, hooked bill. In breeding season, it sports two distinct white flank patches and a double crest, distinguishing it from other cormorants.

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Pelagic Cormorant
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Pelagic Cormorant

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

After a dive, they stretch out their wings to sun-dry their feathers, looking like tiny caped heroes!

Baby Pelagic Cormorants are born without feathers and look like little black dinosaurs!

These amazing birds can dive over 50 meters deep to catch their favorite meals!

They use a special throat pouch to carry multiple fish back to their hungry chicks.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Underwater Navigator

Pelagic Cormorant can propel itself underwater using powerful webbed feet, helping them chase fast-moving fish.

Fähigkeit

Salt Filter

Pelagic Cormorant has special glands near its eyes that filter out salt, helping them drink seawater without harm.

Fähigkeit

Plumage Power-Up

Pelagic Cormorant has wettable feathers that reduce buoyancy, helping them dive deeper and hunt more efficiently underwater.

Fähigkeit

Clifftop Constructor

Pelagic Cormorant can build stick nests on narrow cliff ledges, providing safe havens from predators.

Maße und Details

Länge
63-76 cm
Flügelspannweite
91-107 cm
Gewicht
1.5-2.5 kg
Lebenserwartung
15-20 Jahre
Top Speed
60 km/h
Gelegegröße
2-5
Brutzeit
26-31 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These diving birds mostly eat small fish and marine invertebrates from coastal waters.

Altersunterschiede: Young birds are fed by parents and gradually learn to hunt for themselves.

Hauptnahrung

  • Pacific sand lance
  • Herring
  • Rockfish
  • Shrimp
  • Squid

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Eagles sometimes prey on eggs and young chicks.

eaten by

Glaucous-winged Gull

Larus glaucescens

Gulls raid nests for eggs and small chicks.

hunts

Pacific Sand Lance

Ammodytes hexapterus

A primary food source, often hunted in schools.

hunts

Pacific Herring

Clupea pallasii

Regularly dives for herring in coastal waters.

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Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Pelagic Cormorant?

63-76 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Pelagic Cormorant?

91-107 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Pelagic Cormorant?

1.5-2.5 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Pelagic Cormorant?

15-20 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Pelagic Cormorant?

60 km/h

Was frisst Pelagic Cormorant?

These diving birds mostly eat small fish and marine invertebrates from coastal waters.

Wo findet man Pelagic Cormorant normalerweise?

Coastal areas

Wie jagt Pelagic Cormorant?

Pursuit

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