About the Pallas's Cormorant
The spectacled cormorant or Pallas's cormorant is an extinct cormorant species that inhabited Bering Island and possibly other places in the Commander Islands and the nearby coast of Kamchatka in the far northeast of Russia. The modern distribution was shown to be a relict of a wider prehistoric distribution in 2018 when fossils of the species from 120,000 years ago were found in Japan. It is the largest species of cormorant known to have existed.
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Taxonomy & Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Suliformes |
| Family | Cormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) |
| Species | Urile perspicillatus |
| Species Codes | palcor1, PACO, SPCO |
| Conservation | extinct |
Frequently Asked Questions
What family does the Pallas's Cormorant belong to?
The Pallas's Cormorant (Urile perspicillatus) belongs to the Cormorants and Shags family (Phalacrocoracidae), in the order Suliformes.
How can I identify the Pallas's Cormorant?
The spectacled cormorant or Pallas's cormorant is an extinct cormorant species that inhabited Bering Island and possibly other places in the Commander Islands and the nearby coast of Kamchatka in the far northeast of Russia. The modern distribution was shown to be a relict of a wider prehistoric dis...
Where can I report a Pallas's Cormorant sighting?
You can log sightings of Pallas's Cormorant on eBird (ebird.org) using species code palcor1, or on iNaturalist.
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