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Spectacled Cormorant

Urile perspicillatus

Extinct
Phalacrocoracidae
Suliformes

について

Extinct; last recorded in 1850 on Bering Island. Very large; dark green-black with white spectacle marks. Flightless or near-flightless. Endemic to Bering Sea islands; exterminated within decades of discovery by Russian fur traders hunting for food. One of the few recently extinct cormorants.

Habitat & Range

保全状況

Extinct
IUCN Red List

分類学

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Suliformes (Boobies & Cormorants)
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants & Shags)
Genus Urile
Urile perspicillatus

External Databases

よくある質問

Is the Spectacled Cormorant endangered?
The Spectacled Cormorant has a conservation status of Extinct.
What order and family does the Spectacled Cormorant belong to?
The Spectacled Cormorant (Urile perspicillatus) belongs to the order Suliformes and the family Phalacrocoracidae.

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