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Russia · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
Which flightless seabird, hunted to extinction in the 19th century, had its last known breeding colony on the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea?
Answer: The spectacled cormorant — The spectacled cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus), also known as Pallas's cormorant, was discovered in 1741 and extinct by about 1850, with the last birds taken on Bering Island.
- A The great auk
- B The Steller's sea cow
- C The spectacled cormorant ✓
- D The passenger pigeon
The spectacled cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus), also known as Pallas's cormorant, was discovered in 1741 and extinct by about 1850, with the last birds taken on Bering Island.