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 2 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
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 3 years ago 37 sec 4.2 -
A juvenile next an adult bird on a wall. Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 4 -
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 3 years ago 40 sec 4 -
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 2 years ago 22 sec 3.6 -
Two adult birds preening perched on a wall. Locality Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 January 2010 2 years 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 2 years ago 4 -
An individual drying the wings.
Locality Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 July 2002 14 weeks ago 3.7 -
An adult bird drying the wings.
Locality Japan (Monotypic species)
Pete Morris 1 July 2002 14 weeks ago 3.6 -
Two adults and chicks.
Locality Verkhovsky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 June 2009 3 years ago 3 -
winter plumage
Locality Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Mitsuru Akimoto 15 February 2012 1 year ago 2.9
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