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Japanese cormorant
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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.

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.

Distribution

• China
• Japan
• North Korea
• Russian Far East
• South Korea
• Taiwan

Footnotes

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.

References

• "Phalacrocorax capillatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2006.

External links

• "Japanese cormorant". bsc-eoc.org. Avibase. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.

• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Phalacrocorax
• Birds of China
• Birds of Japan
• Birds of Korea
• Birds of Manchuria
• Birds described in 1850