Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cormorants :: Japanese Cormorant

Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus

Described by: Temminck; Schlegel (1850)
Alternate common name(s): Temminck's Cormorant
Old scientific name(s): Phalacrocorax filomentosus

Photographs

Choshi, Chiba, Japan - Apr 6, 2003 © William Hull  Choshi, Chiba, Japan - Apr 6, 2003 © William Hull  Choshi, Chiba, Japan - Apr 6, 2003 © William Hull  Choshi, Chiba, Japan - Dec 14, 2002 © William Hull  Choshi, Chiba, Japan - Dec 14, 2002 © William Hull 
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Range

Ne. China, se. Siberia, Korea and Japan along coasts of the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan;
Breeds on Sakhalin and s. Kuril Is. and the adjacent coast of se. Siberia (Soviet Far East, s. Ussuriland on Furugeln Is. s. of Vladivostok), n. Korea, ne. China (Liaoning, Gulf of Chihli, Yellow Sea, s. to Kiangsu), Japan (nw., ne. and s. Hokkaido at Yurui-to, Moyururi, Shiretoko Peninsula and Teuri-jima, w. and n. Honshu).
Winters along the coasts of Korea, China (s. to Fukien) and Japan from Honshu and Kyushu s. to the Ryukyu Is. and Taiwan.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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