Galapagos Islands Pictures, Ecuador
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Flightless cormorant
Flightless cormorant perched on volcanic coastline. In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter. Punta Albemarle. Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Nannopterum harrisi, Phalacrocorax harrisi. Copyright Phillip Colla, Oceanlight.com
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