Spectacled Cormorant

Overview

Spectacled Cormorant (Urile perspicillatus) is a species of Cormorants, Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) in the order Boobies, Cormorants and Frigatebirds.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Urile; binomial: Urile perspicillatus; authority: (Pallas, 1811).

Distribution

Breeding range: the Palearctic and the Nearctic.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extinct in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

The position of this extinct species is unresolved by the available phylogenies. Placed here with the other North Pacific cormorants, as was done by Wolters (1975-1982). English name changed to Spectacled Cormorant from Pallas's Cormorant.