The Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus), also known as Temminck's cormorant, is a cormorant native to the east Palearctic.
Japanese cormorant | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Suliformes |
Family: | Phalacrocoracidae |
Genus: | Phalacrocorax |
Species: | P. capillatus |
Binomial name | |
Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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Blue: Extant (non-breeding), Yellow: Extant (breeding) |
It is migratory, and has been observed to dive to significant depths for food.[2]
It has a black body with a white throat and cheeks and a partially yellow bill.
It is one of the species of cormorant that has been domesticated by fishermen in a tradition known in Japan as ukai (鵜飼) (literally meaning 'raising a cormorant'). It is called umiu (ウミウ sea cormorant) in Japanese. The Nagara River's well-known fishing masters work with this particular species to catch ayu.[3]
Distribution
Footnotes
References
- "Phalacrocorax capillatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
External links
- "Japanese cormorant". bsc-eoc.org. Avibase. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
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