Red-faced Cormorant
Urile urile
Photo: Martin Kennewell / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
A northern seabird with conspicuous red facial skin, breeding on a few rocky islets in eastern Hokkaido. Yururi and Moyururi islands off Nemuro are protected as a seabird colony. It is very rare in Japan.
- Scientific name
- Urile urile
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Hokkaido
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Critically EndangeredMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- チシマウガラス
- 简体中文
- 红脸鸬鹚
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The Red-faced Cormorant is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hokkaido.
The Red-faced Cormorant is listed as "Critically Endangered" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as チシマウガラス).
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