Cormorants, Shags

Japanese Cormorant

Phalacrocorax capillatus

The Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) is a 2.8 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Cormorants, Shags

Order

Suliformes

Weight

2.8 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Japan, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Russia, China, Hong Kong.

Where to see it: 輪島市 · 舳倉島 (Wajima · Hegurajima (island)) (Japan); 백령도(Baengnyeong-do (island)) (Republic of Korea); 어청도(Eocheong-do (island)) (Republic of Korea); 台北 · 野柳IBA(Yeliu IBA) (Taiwan); 江戸川区 · 葛西臨海公園・葛西海浜公園 (Edogawa Ward · Kasai Rinkai Park / Kasai Kaihin Park) (Japan).

Photo: (c) Marco Mussita, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist