Red-faced cormorant
Urile urile (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
The red-faced cormorant (Urile urile) is a species in the family Phalacrocoracidae, order Suliformes. Recorded adults weigh 1.87 kg to 2.43 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the red-faced cormorant
- Weight
- 1.87 kg – 2.43 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- marinesrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 32.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.08src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 2.98 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the red-faced cormorant live?
Not recorded
Is the red-faced cormorant endangered?
The red-faced cormorant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the red-faced cormorant classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderSuliformes
- familyPhalacrocoracidae
- genusUrile
- SpeciesUrile urile (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms Leucocarbo urile, Pelecanus urile, Peleccanus urile, Phalacrocorax urile, Stictocarbo urile
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- غاق ذو الوجه الأحمرArabic
- corb marí de màscara rojaCatalan
- kormorán červenolícíCzech
- Rødmasket SkarvDanish
- RotgesichtscharbeGerman
- ruĝmaska kormoranoEsperanto
- Cormorán carirrojoSpanish
- SarvikkormoranEstonian
- sarvikkormoran (sarvikkarbas)Estonian
- beringinmerimetsoFinnish
- Cormoran à face rougeFrench
- crvenolici vranacCroatian
- vörösarcú kárókatonaHungarian
- Cormorano facciarossaItalian
- チシマウガラスJapanese
- 붉은뺨가마우지Korean
- raudonskruostis kormoranasLithuanian
- sarkansejas ūdenisLatvian
- RoodmaskeraalscholverDutch
- rødmaskeskarvNorwegian
- kormoran czerwonoczelnyPolish
- biguá-de-cara-vermelhaPortuguese
- corvo-marinho-de-cara-vermelhaPortuguese
- corvo-marinho-de-faces-vermelhasPortuguese
- Краснолицый бакланRussian
- kormorán červenolíciSlovak
- Crvenoliki vranacSerbian
- beringskarvSwedish
- Büyük Pelajik KarabatakTurkish
- баклан тихоокеанськийUkrainian
- 紅臉鸕鷀Chinese
- 红脸鸬鹚Chinese
Relatives of the red-faced cormorant
Other species in the same genus Urile.
Pelagic cormorant
Urile pelagicus
Pallas's cormorant
Urile perspicillatus
Brandt's cormorant
Urile penicillatus
CompareRed-faced cormorant vs Pelagic cormorantRed-faced cormorant vs Pallas's cormorantRed-faced cormorant vs Brandt's cormorant
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the red-faced cormorant?
An adult red-faced cormorant weighs 1.87 kg – 2.43 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the red-faced cormorant endangered?
The red-faced cormorant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the red-faced cormorant?
The red-faced cormorant (Urile urile) belongs to the family Phalacrocoracidae in the order Suliformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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