Japanese Cormorant
Phalacrocorax capillatus(Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1849)
English (US) Japanese Cormorant
The Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags) in the order Suliformes.
Range: rocky seacoasts and islands of northeastern Asia, from southeastern Russia southward to Kyushu (southern Japan), Korean Peninsula, and northeastern China; ranges southward to Izu Islands and northern Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan), coastal eastern China, and TaiwanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Japanese Cormorant
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carbo capillatus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1849)
- Type locality
- Japan.
- Original description
- Fauna Japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1825-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit. Vol. 4. Aves pl.83 ?
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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