Pallas's Cormorant
A species of Typical Cormorants and Shags Scientific name : Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Genus : Typical Cormorants and Shags
Pallas's Cormorant, A species of Typical Cormorants and Shags
Botanical name: Phalacrocorax perspicillatus
Genus: Typical Cormorants and Shags
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Description
The species was first identified by Georg Steller in 1741 on Vitus Bering's disastrous second Kamchatka expedition. He described the bird as large, clumsy and almost flightless – though it was probably reluctant to fly rather than physically unable – and wrote "they weighed 12–14 pounds, so that one single bird was sufficient for three starving men." Though cormorants are normally notoriously bad-tasting, Steller says that this bird tasted delicious, particularly when it was cooked in the way of the native Kamtchadals, who encased the whole bird in clay, buried it, and baked it in a heated pit. 
General Info
Species Status
Apart from the fact that it fed on fish, almost nothing else is known about this bird. The population declined quickly after further visitors to the area started collecting the birds for food and feathers, and their reports of profitable whaling grounds and large populations of Arctic foxes and other animals with valuable pelts led to a massive influx of whalers and fur traders into the region; the last birds were reported to have lived around 1850 on Ariy Rock (Russian: Арий Камень) islet, off the northwestern tip of Bering Island. A presumed prehistoric record from Amchitka Island, Alaska, is based on misidentification of double-crested cormorant remains.
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Chordates Class
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Gannets and Relatives Family
Cormorants Species
Pallas's Cormorant 
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