Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) - HBW 1, p. 345
French: Cormoran de Temminck
German: Japankormoran
Spanish: Cormorán Japonés
Other common names: Temminck's Cormorant
Taxonomy: Carbo capillatus Temminck and Schlegel, 1850, Japan.
Synonymous with P. filamentosus. May form superspecies with P. carbo. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coasts of NE Asia from extreme SE coast of USSR and Sea of Japan to Sakhalin and South Kuril Is, and also S to Japan and Korea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird sunning. Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 4.3 -
Two adjacent nests with several chicks and an adult, joined by a second one. Locality Verkhovsky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 2 years ago 37 sec 3.8 -
A juvenile next an adult bird on a wall. Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 1 year ago 20 sec 3.6 -
Two adjacent nests with several begging chicks and an adult. Locality Verkhovsky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 2 years ago 40 sec 3.5 -
A juvenile bird swimming with a big fish on its neck. Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 1 year ago 22 sec 3.3 -
Two adult birds preening perched on a wall. Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 1 year ago 22 sec 3.3
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An adult bird sunning.
Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
Two adults and chicks.
Locality Verkhovsky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 1 year ago 2.5
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