Phalacrocorax harrisi
Cormorán no volador, Galápagos flightless Cormorant










Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Pelecaniformes
Family
Phalacrocoracidae
Genus
Phalacrocorax
Species
harrisi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Nannopterum harrisi (Rothschild, 1898)
Taxon origin
Taxon origin: Endemic
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Feeding type: Piscivorous