Japanese cormorant

Japanese cormorant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Phalacrocorax
Species:
P. capillatus
Binomial name
Phalacrocorax capillatus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Blue: Extant (non-breeding), Yellow: Extant (breeding)

The Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus), also known as Temminck's cormorant, is a cormorant native to the east Palearctic.

It is migratory, and has been observed to dive to significant depths for food.[2]

It has a black body with a white throat and cheeks and a partially yellow bill.

It is one of the species of cormorant that has been domesticated by fishermen in a tradition known in Japan as ukai (鵜飼) (literally meaning 'raising a cormorant'). It is called umiu (ウミウ sea cormorant) in Japanese. The Nagara River's well-known fishing masters work with this particular species to catch ayu.[3]

Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Phalacrocorax capillatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22696799A132594150. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22696799A132594150.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ KURIHARA, Takumi; HIRATA, Akihiro; YAMAGUCHI, Tsuyoshi; OKADA, Harue; KAMEDA, Miho; SAKAI, Hiroki; HARIDY, Mohie; YANAI, Tokuma (2020). "Avipoxvirus infection in two captive Japanese cormorants (<i>Phalacrocorax capillatus</i>)". Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 82 (6): 817–822. doi:10.1292/jvms.19-0406. ISSN 0916-7250. PMC 7324821.
  3. ^ Cormorant Fishing "UKAI" Archived 2014-01-19 at the Wayback Machine. Version of May, 2001. Retrieved 2008-JAN-30.