Red-faced Cormorant
Urile urile
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Cormorants and Shags (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Order
- Suliformes
Overview
The red-faced cormorant (Urile urile), red-faced shag or violet shag, is a bird species of the family Phalacrocoracidae.
Its range spans from the eastern tip of Hokkaidō in Japan, northern korean peninsula, via the Kuril Islands, the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian Arc to the Alaska Peninsula and Gulf of Alaska.
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Range and habitat
Coastal North Pacific from Kamchatka (eastern Russia) southward to southern Kuril Islands and Hokkaido (northern Japan), and eastward through Aleutian and Pribilof islands (Bering Sea) and southern Alaskan islands.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Red-faced cormorant
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
