Flightless Cormorant
Nannopterum harrisi
Sighting evidence at Cape Marshall, Isabela Island
Found only in the Galapagos, the flightless cormorant is the heaviest cormorant in the world and hunts by pursuit-diving along rocky reefs at depth. Divers at Cape Marshall regularly encounter them torpedoing through the water column in pursuit of fish, their vestigial wings folded tight and powerful feet driving them forward. Nesting colonies exist immediately above the waterline, so interactions between terrestrial nesting behavior and underwater foraging are easily observed on a single dive.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Flightless Cormorant is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.