Flightless Cormorant

Overview

Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) is a species of Cormorants, Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) in the order Boobies, Cormorants and Frigatebirds.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Nannopterum; binomial: Nannopterum harrisi; authority: (Rothschild, 1898).

Distribution

Breeding range: South America.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Flightless Cormorant is most closely related to Double-crested and Neotropic cormorants (Kennedy et al. 2009).