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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.

Hábitat: Coastal areas

Aspecto

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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Rareza

Common

Peligro

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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.

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 63-76 cm
Envergadura: 91-107 cm
Peso: 1.5-2.5 kg
Esperanza de vida: 15-20 años
Top Speed: 60 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 2-5
Incubación: 26-31 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Diferencias por edad: Young birds are fed by parents and gradually learn to hunt for themselves.

Alimentos principales

Pacific sand lance
Herring
Rockfish
Shrimp
Squid

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Pies palmeados

Se caracteriza por tener los dedos conectados por una membrana, lo que generalmente ayuda a nadar.

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Piscívoro

Los organismos piscívoros son animales que subsisten principalmente de una dieta a base de peces.

Costero

Los hábitats costeros son entornos dinámicos situados a lo largo de la interfaz entre la tierra y el mar, influenciados por las mareas, las olas y el agua salada.