Spectacled Cormorant

species of bird
Taxon extinct_taxon Q838117
Spectacled Cormorant
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Summary

Spectacled Cormorant is an extinct taxon[1]. It draws 636 Wikipedia views per month (extinct taxon category, ranking #48 of 175).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: extinct species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Urile[5]
  • Taxon name: Urile perspicillatus[6]
  • Commons category: Urile perspicillatus[7]
  • Short name: U. perspicillatus[8]
  • Taxon common name: Spectacled Cormorant[9], Pallasscharbe[10], Cormorán de anteojos[11], Стеллеров баклан[12], ベーリングシマウ[13], Cormoran de Pallas[14], Cormorano di Pallas[15], Beringaalscholver[16], Brilleskarv[17], pallasskarv[18], isomerimetso[19], kormoran okularowy[20], pápaszemes kormorán[21], kormorán Stellerův[22]
  • Extinction date: 1850[23]
  • Protonym of: Urile perspicillatus[24]
  • Homonymous taxon: Urile perspicillatus[25]

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Identifiers

Spectacled Cormorant's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4278[26]. Spectacled Cormorant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481902[27]. Spectacled Cormorant's ITIS TSN is recorded as 561971[28].

Why It Matters

Spectacled Cormorant has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . extinctionarchives.com. Retrieved . extinctionarchives.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · חזרתי · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range map image → —
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  2. 6d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 36
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo',
    Iucn taxon id → 22696750
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  3. 5w ago · Paucabot · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → extinct taxon
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  4. 5w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → extinct taxon
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  5. 6w ago · Drow male · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → extinct
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Commons category → Urile perspicillatus
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