Burung laut (Seabirds)
Flightless Cormorant
Nannopterum harrisi
- epik
- 8 km/h
- Rentan
The only cormorant that can't fly. Delivers your message exclusively by swimming.
- Populasi
- ~2,085 individuals; 2004–2011 surveys cite ~1,500–1,679, indicating a recent increasing/stable trend
- Habitat
- Rocky, cool-water volcanic coastlines and near-shore shallow marine waters (bays, straits) within roughly 200 m of shore; birds rest and dry their non-waterproof wings on shoreline rocks after diving
- Fakta menarik
- Of the world's roughly 40 cormorant species, the Flightless Cormorant is the only one that has lost the ability to fly — its wings are only about a third the size a bird of its body proportions would need to become airborne, and are used instead like flippers for swimming.
- Sebaran
- Endemic to the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) — restricted to Fernandina Island and the northern/western coasts of Isabela Island, entirely within Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve
- Makanan
- Coastal fish, small octopuses, squid, and eels, caught by diving and hunting along the seabed within about 200 m of shore
- Ukuran
- 0,95 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,3 m
- Masa hidup
- 10 tahun
