cormorant: Quick Facts

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A fisherman stands on a bamboo raft casting a net, with trained cormorants perched beside him on the Li River, surrounded by karst mountains in Guangxi, China.

Large colony of imperial cormorants, Phalacrocorax atriceps, gathered on rocky ground with nests in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Ancient tradition of cormorant fishing in Japan

Observe flightless cormorants in their natural habitat on coasts of Fernandina and Isabela islands

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