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	Flightless Cormorant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), also known as the Galapagos Cormorant, is a cormorant native to the Galapagos Islands.
		It is the only cormorant that has lost the ability to fly and was once placed in its own genus, Nannopterum or Compsohalieus, although current taxonomy places it in the genus with most of the other cormorants, Phalacrocorax.
		Livezey, B.C. (1992) Flightlessness in the Galapagos cormorant (Compsohalieus [Nannopterum] harrisi): heterochrony, gigantism and specialisation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flightless_cormorant (1041 words)

	Galapagos Flightless cormorant - birdwatching - nature - Galapagos Cruises
		Most of the predators being at sea the cormorant with smaller wings became a better swimmer.
		The flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) is the only cormorant (family Phalacrocoracidae) found in the Galapagos, and of the 27-28 cormorant species world-wide, it is the only one that has lost the ability to fly.
		So unusual is the flightless cormorant by comparison to other cormorants, that most authors place it in a separate genus - all other cormorants belong to the genus Phalacrocorax.
	www.galapagoscruise.com.ec /index.pl/galapagos-flightless-cormorant?makePrintable=1 (441 words)

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		Thus, little value is gained by discussing it in detail, and instead one may pass on to the widely adopted classification by
		In addition to Phalacrocorax, Peters accepted Nannopterum as a monotypic genus for the flightIess cormorant, and generically separated four species of very small, short-bilIed cormorants as Halietor.
		His genus Phalacrocorax thus encompasses Siegel-Causey's Hypoleucus, and his genus Nannopterum includes most of the forms separated by Siegel-Causey as Compsohalieus,Notocarbo, Nesocarbo, and Euleucocarbo.
	web.tiscali.it /sv2001/Fact-sheets/taxonomy.htm (641 words)

	Birds, Galapagos
		They survive here because of the Humbolt current which flows from Antarctica along the coast of South America.
		Besides the penguin, the other flightless bird endemic to the Galápagos is the flightless cormorant (cormorán no volador / Nannopterum harrisi).
		The waved albatross (albatros andulado / Diomedea irrorata) is the largest bird found in the Galápagos.
	www.planetware.com /galapagos/galapagos-birds-ecu-ga-gab.htm (545 words)

	GAIAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Development of the Ecuadorian National Strategy for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Wildlife: development of national policies and regulations for wildlife conservation and management; development of pilot projects for wildlife conservation and management.
		Studied the demography, reproductive tactics and foraging ecology of the flightless Galapagos cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) (Ph.D. Dissertation research), 1989-1994.
		Studied the reproductive and foraging ecology of the Darwin's finches on Daphne Island, Galapagos, December 1987-June 1988.
	www.usfq.edu.ec /GAIAS/html/cv/cv.html (1020 words)

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		The avifauna also has a high ratio of endemic species: out of 57 resident and 31 migrant native species 26 are endemic.
		These include the only flightless species of cormorant, Nannopterum harrisi and the only penguin species to live in the northern hemisphere, the Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus).
		In addition the Galápagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) and lava gull (Larus fuliginosus) are found only on the islands.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /latenews/emergency/galapagos_2001/casestudy.doc (1346 words)

	El Niño: Marine Fish and Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Galapagos flightless cormorants often preen themselves (left) and can be caught in the act of releasing guano (right).
		Another endemic fish eater is the Galapagos flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi).
		This seabird is unique in the cormorant group because it has lost the ability to fly.
	www.biosbcc.net /ocean/marinesci/02ocean/enmarfb.htm (1179 words)

	WildLIFE Conservation News
		Killer whales are the top predator in the ocean; a healthy adult can prey on anything that lives in the sea and has no predators of its own.
		at protecting the endangered Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendeculus) and flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi).
		Sent on behalf of SeaWorld Orlando and the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, I joined a group of researchers from the Charles Darwin Research Station, the Galapagos National Park Service and various Ecuadorian universities.
	www.abap-wildlife.com /where.html (336 words)

	Seabird Foraging Behavior in the Inshore Waters of the Galapagos Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I examined the species composition, frequency, distance offshore, and duration of multispecies seabird feeding flocks on two islands within the Galapagos Archipelago.
		Flocks were comprised of Galapagos Penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus), Flightless Cormorants (Campsohaelius [Nannopterum] harrisi), Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis), Brown Noddies (Anous stolidus), Blue-footed (Sula nebouxii) and Masked Boobies (Sula dactylatra), Magnificent Frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) and Audubon Shearwaters (Puffinus lherminieri).
		My results indicated that pursuit-divers, such as Galapagos Penguins and Flightless Cormorants, increase the longevity of flocks, and species such as boobies may tend to dissipate flocks.
	www.darwinfoundation.org /articles/calif22069920.html (298 words)

	The Galápagos: Enchanted Islands or Political Spoils?
		Two species of sea lions -- totaling 20,000 animals -- also make their home there.
		Species unique to the islands include the rhino iguana (Cyclura cornuta), the flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi), the Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) and waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata).
		The reserve also serves as a refuge for threatened species of whales and for the east Pacific green turtle (Chelonia agassizi).
	www.tierramerica.net /english/2004/1106/iarticulo.shtml (1055 words)

	Galapagos sea birds, Flightless Cormorants and Frigatebirds
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		The flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) is endemic to the Galapagos Islands and is the only grounded cormorant species in the world.
		There are only some 700 to 800 pairs of flightless cormorant in the world, and these are principally found in the northern and western coasts of Isabela and all coasts of Fernandina.
	www.darwinadventure.com /galapagos-wildlife-6.htm (288 words)

	Flightless cormorant Photographs, Nannopterum harrisi, Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
		Flightless cormorant Photographs, Nannopterum harrisi, Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
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	www.oceanlight.com /html/flightless_cormorant.html (61 words)

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