Red-faced Cormorant

Phalacrocorax urile

Order

PELECANIFORMES

Family

Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)

Code 4

RFCO

Code 6

PHAURI

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked Seabird
Eye Color: Brown in young, becoming brownish green to yellowish brown in adults.
Head Pattern: Unique pattern
Crown Color: Glossy black
Forehead Color: Glossy black
Nape Color: Glossy black
Throat Color: Glossy black with metallic sheen.
Cere color: Red

BODY

Length Range: 71-79 cm (28-31 in)
Weight: 2539 g (89.6 oz)
Size: 4. Large (16 - 32 in)
Color Primary: Black, Sheen or Iridescence
Underparts: Glossy black with bronze, green and blue sheen.
Upperparts: Glossy black with bronze, green and blue sheen.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Direct flight with rapid wing beats, Graceful
Wingspan Range: 117 cm (46 in)
Wing Shape: Rounded-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Glossy black with bronze, green and blue sheen.
Under Tail: Glossy black
Leg Color: Black

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