Spectacled cormorant
Spectacled cormorant in LOST ZOO
Spectacled cormorants were found on the rocky shore of the Aleutian Islands, especially on the Bering Island.
Characteristic for the birds are the deep purple shining face and the both crests. Long, thin, straw-yellow feathers decorate the face and the upper parts of the neck.
On both body sides was a striking white patch at the flanks. The feathers were dark shining green and the tail black.
The Spectacled cormorants were slow and clumsy on land and therefore for humans easy to catch for food. This overhunting caused their extinction in the first half of the 19th century.
The home of the Spectacled cormorants is the Bering Island in the far North Pacific, especially the Ary Rock Island at the northwestern tip of the Bering Island.
Body length: about 81 cm, with a 22.9 cm long tail; wings 35.6 cm; beak 10.2 cm.
Body weight: 6.3 kg
Nest: Nothing is known about the form and size of the nest, but it can be assumed that it will be similar to other cormorant species. The Spectacled cormorants too are colony breeders.
Habitat: On the rocky coasts of the Bering Island and some other places of the Aleutian Islands in the North Pacific. Good diver, and hunting under the water surface for fish.
Extinction: First described and still quite common in 1741, but especially in 1826 the species was overhunted and became extinct in 1850.
