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 EX    Spectacled Cormorant* Id (Atlas):
    Phalacrocorax perspicillatus

Description (10)
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Family
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Size
75 cm

First Described (Guide)
Pallas, 1811

Habitat
Rocky coasts and adjacent seas.

Range (Guide)
Russia (Asian) (E) (B).

Endemic to Bering Island in the Commander Islands, Russia and perhaps in coastal Kamchatka and the outer Aleutians.
 
Status EX
Extinct as of 1850. Extirpated due to human consumption.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
A poor flier.

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


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