Flightless cormorant: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the flightless cormorant lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Nannopterum harrisi
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Bird
Order	Suliformes
Family	Phalacrocoracidae

Where does the flightless cormorant live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the flightless cormorant in 1 country or territory across South America.

Ecuador

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the flightless cormorant endangered?

The flightless cormorant’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the flightless cormorant?

The flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) is a bird in the order Suliformes and the family Phalacrocoracidae, genus Nannopterum. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the flightless cormorant

The flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi), also known as the Galápagos cormorant, is a cormorant endemic to the Galápagos Islands, and an example of the highly unusual fauna there. It is unique in that it is the only known cormorant that has lost the ability to fly. It was placed in its own genus, Nannopterum, but was later placed with most of the other cormorants in the genus Phalacrocorax. A 2014 study supported reclassifying it and two other American cormorant species back into Nannopterum. The IOU followed this classification in 2021.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Flightless cormorant (revision 1366370505), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q82955137 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).