Pelagic cormorant - Wikipedia
The pelagic cormorant (Urile pelagicus), also known as Baird's cormorant or violet-green cormorant, is a small member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Analogous to other smallish cormorants, it is also called the pelagic shag occasionally.
Pelagic Cormorant Identification - All About Birds
Among the cormorants of North America’s Pacific Coast, the Pelagic is a small and slender species that flies with a thin, straight neck often compared to a broomstick. Breeding adults are black with glossy purple-green highlights.
Pelagic Cormorant | Audubon Field Guide
The smallest cormorant of the Pacific Coast. May be solitary in its feeding but gregarious at other times, with groups perching together on rocks near water, holding wings out to dry. During the nesting season, even non-breeding individuals come to roost at night around the edges of nesting colonies, but colonies are often smaller than those of ...
Pelagic Cormorant - All About Birds
Among the cormorants of North America’s Pacific Coast, the Pelagic is a small and slender species that flies with a thin, straight neck often compared to a broomstick. Breeding adults are black with glossy purple-green highlights.
Pelagic Cormorant - eBird
A small, slender cormorant with a thin, dark bill. Blackish overall with glossy green head and body and purplish neck. Breeding adults have white patches on sides of rump and limited reddish face. Strictly coastal, where it nests on cliffs. Dives to capture fish.
Pelagic Cormorant - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on ... - Animalia
The pelagic cormorant (Urile pelagicus), also known as Baird's cormorant or violet-green cormorant, is a small member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Analogous to other smallish cormorants, it is also called the pelagic shag occasionally.
Pelagic Cormorant - U.S. National Park Service
Jun 20, 2023 · The pelagic cormorant is the smallest and most delicate of the north Pacific cormorants. It is slender in appearance, with a long tail, a slim dark bill, and a head that is no wider than its neck. When in flight, the head and neck are held out in a …
Pelagic cormorant: [Urile pelagicus] Odyssey Habitat, and Overview
Jan 19, 2024 · The Pelagic Cormorant is a sleek seabird found along the western coast of North America. Recognizable by its black plumage, slender build, and turquoise eye color during breeding, it nests on rocky cliffs and dives underwater to catch fish.
Pelagic Cormorant Life History - All About Birds
Among the cormorants of North America’s Pacific Coast, the Pelagic is a small and slender species that flies with a thin, straight neck often compared to a broomstick. Breeding adults are black with glossy purple-green highlights.
Pelagic Cormorant — Eastside Audubon Society
Oct 3, 2023 · Pelagic Cormorants are resident and breed in Washington mainly along the outer coast. Their breeding range extends south primarily on rocky coastal islands along the coast of Oregon and California to Baja California, Mexico.