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- Red-faced Cormorant

Estimated Population: 200,000

Ways to identify this species: black with green or violet sheen, white patch on flanks

Biology

The Red Faced Cormorant is non-migratory and found only along the Alaskan coast, and the Aleutian and Commander Islands.

It breeds in colonies located on cliffs or slopes which are also inhabited by other birds, and lays three to four eggs each breeding

It eats mostly fish, particularly Pollock.

Threats

Oil Spills and pollution pose a serious threat to an already very limited Cormorant population and their habitat.

The bird is forced to compete for Pollock with the fishing industry and predators brought to their islands by humans also threaten Cormorants and their nests.

Most of its breeding habitat is protected in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge but it is still in close proximity to fishing lanes.

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