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Pelagic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
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Description:

The Pelagic Cormorant is a small, slender cormorant of the Pacific Coast. Although it is exclusively marine in habits, its name is misleading, since it prefers inshore areas rather than the open ocean.

Reference Links:

Pelagic Cormorant, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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