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Species
VulnerableSocotra cormorant
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPelecaniformes
- FamilyPhalacrocoracidae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phalacrocorax
- Named after
- Socotra
- Image
- Socotra Cormorant.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Commons category
- Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- taxon name
- Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
- taxon common name
- corvo-marinho-de-socotra
- wingspan
- 106
- litter size
- 3
- short name
- P. nigrogularis
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The Socotra cormorant (Phalacrocorax nigrogularis) is a threatened species of cormorant that is endemic to the Persian Gulf and the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is also sometimes known as the Socotran cormorant or, more rarely, as the Socotra shag. Individuals occasionally migrate as far west as the Red Sea coast. Despite its name, it was only confirmed in 2005 that it breeds on the Socotra islands in the Indian Ocean.
The Socotra cormorant is an almost entirely blackish bird with a total length of about 80 centimetres (31 in). In breeding condition, its forecrown has a purplish gloss and its upperparts have a slaty-green tinge, there are a few white plumes around the eye and neck and a few white streaks at the rump. Its legs and feet are black and its gular skin blackish. All these deviations from pure black are less marked outside the breeding season.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Socotra Cormorant” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.