Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka]
Urile pelagicus [excl. kenyoni] (= Urile pelagicus) Pallas, PS 1811
The pelagic cormorant, 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. This seabird lives along the coasts of the northern Pacific; during winter it can also be found in the open ocean. Pelagic cormorants have relatively short wings due to their need for economical movement underwater, and consequently have the highest flight costs of any bird. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Pelecaniformes
Family:
Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:
Urile
Scientific:
Urile pelagicus
Original description
Citation:
Pallas, PS 1811
Reference:
Zoographia Rosso-Asiat.
2 p.303
Protonym:
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Type locality:
eastern Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/92517#page/319/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
F643D9BC10F35B48
Avibase ID:
avibase-F643D9BC
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F643D9BC
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174725
Geographic range:
- Urile pelagicus resplendens: coastal southwestern British Columbia (southwestern Canada) to southern Baja California (northwestern Mexico)
Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka]
French:
Cormoran pélagique [excl. kenyoni]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka] ( Urile pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka] ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka] ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka] ( Urile pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Pelagic Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Pelagic Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Pelagic Cormorant (excl. Amchitka) ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Pelagic Cormorant (excl. Amchitka) ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Pelagic Cormorant (excl. Amchitka) ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka] ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka] ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka] ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Cormoran pélagique ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus) [version 2] |
| Clements 4th edition: Pelagic Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus) [version 2] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Pelagic Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax pelagicus) [version 2] |
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Corb marí pelàgic
Czech: Kormorán morský, kormorán mořský
Danish: Stillehavsskarv
German: Meerscharbe
English: Baird's Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant (excl. Amchitka), Pelagic Cormorant [excl. Amchitka], Pelagic Shag, Sea cormorant, Violet-green Cormorant
Esperanto: Pelaga kormorano
Spanish: Cormorán Pelágico
Spanish (Mexico): Cormorán Pelágico
Estonian: ulgukormoran (ulgukarbas)
Finnish: Ulappamerimetso
French: Cormoran de Béring, Cormoran pélagique, Cormoran pélagique (excl. C. de Kenyon), Cormoran pélagique [excl. kenyoni]
Hungarian: alaszkai kárókatona
Italian: Cormorano pelagico
Japanese (romaji): himeu, Hime-u
Japanese: ヒメウ
Japanese (Kanji): 姫鵜
Korean: 쇠가마우지
Korean (Transliteration): soe-gamauji
Scientific: Leucocarbo pelagicus, Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Phalacrocorax pelagicus [excl. kenyoni], Phalacrocorax pelagicus pelagicus, Phalacrocorax pelegicus, Stictocarbo pelagicus, Urile pelagicus, Urile pelagicus [excl. kenyoni]
Lithuanian: Pelaginis kormoranas
Dutch: Pelagische Aalscholver
Norwegian: Beringskarv
Polish: kormoran krasnolicy
Pinyin: hǎi lúcí, wū-tí
Portuguese: Biguá-pelágico
Russian: Баклан берингов, Берингийский баклан, Берингов баклан
Slovak: kormorán morský
Swedish: Pelagisk skarv, Pelagskarv
Chinese: 乌鹈, 海鸕(茲鳥), 海鸕鷀, 海鸬鹚
Chinese (Traditional): 海鸕鶿, 烏鵜
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 海鸕鶿
Chinese (Taiwan): 海鸬鹚
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