pelagic cormorant, Baird's cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus) Basis of record drawing/water colour
Scientific name Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Artist
Kawahara Keiga (川原慶賀) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawahara_Keiga
Date artwork between 1823 and 1829
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.ART.446_-_Phalacrocorax_pelagicus_-_Kawahara_Keiga_-_1823_-_1829_-_Siebold_Collection_-_pencil_drawing_-_water_colour.jpeg
The pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus), also known as Baird's cormorant, is a small member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Analogous to other smallish cormorants, it is also called the pelagic shag occasionally. Order: Suliformes, Family: Phalacrocoracidae, Genus: Phalacrocorax, Species: Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas, 1811.
Synonyms:
Leucocarbo pelagicus (Pallas, 1811)
Phalacrocorax kenyoni (Siegel-Causey, 1991)
Stictocarbo kenyoni Siegel-Causey, 1991
Stictocarbo pelagicus (Pallas, 1811)
