Pelagic Cormorant
Urile pelagicus(Pallas, PS, 1811)
English (US) Pelagic Cormorant
The Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Urile pelagicus
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pelagic Cormorant
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Urile pelagicus pelagicus
- Urile pelagicus resplendens
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Phalacrocorax pelagicus
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1811)
- Type locality
- eastern Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands.
- Original description
- Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico (etc.) 2 p.303
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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