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Flightless cormorant drying its wings. The flightless cormorant is the largest extant member of its family, 89–100 cm (35–39.5 in) in length and weighing 2.5–5.0 kg (5.5–11.0 lb), and its wings are about one-third the size that would be required for a bird of its proportions to fly.
The wing drying action is seen even in the flightless cormorant but not in the Antarctic shags [13] or red-legged cormorants. Alternate functions suggested for the spread-wing posture include that it aids thermoregulation [ 14 ] or digestion, balances the bird, or indicates presence of fish.
This name was coined for the flightless cormorant, which does indeed have small wings. Genetic studies have found that the neotropic and double-crested cormorants form a clade with the flightless cormorant, and they are thus placed together in the genus Nannopterum despite both species having normal-sized wings and full flight capabilities. [4]
This genus name was originally coined for the flightless cormorant (N. harrisi), which does have very small wings; although the double-crested cormorant has normal-sized wings, it (along with the neotropic cormorant, N. brasilianum) was still reclassified into the genus Nannopterum when the relationship between it and the flightless cormorant ...
Reed cormorant: Microcarbo africanus: 2 Crowned cormorant: Microcarbo coronatus: 3 Little cormorant: Microcarbo niger: 4 Little pied cormorant: Microcarbo melanoleucos: 5 Red-legged cormorant: Poikilocarbo gaimardi: 6 Brandt's cormorant: Urile penicillatus: 7 Red-faced cormorant: Urile urile: 8 Pelagic cormorant: Urile pelagicus: 9 Spectacled ...
Two birds, the flightless cormorant and the Galápagos crake, which is nearly flightless, evolved to their successful form on the islands without natural predators. On the other hand, there are many mammal species, mostly sea mammals such as whales, dolphins and sea lions.
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Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of colored skin on the face. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. Their feet are four-toed and webbed. Two species have been recorded in Kentucky. Double-crested cormorant, Nannopterum auritum; Neotropic cormorant, Nannopterum brasilianum (A)