Phalacrocorax pelagicus ORDER: SULIFORMES FAMILY: PHALACROCORACIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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The Pelagic Cormorant is a small, slender cormorant of the Pacific Coast. Although it is exclusively marine in habits, its name is misleading, since it prefers inshore areas rather than the open ocean.
Low groans, croaks, or hisses.