Flightless cormorant Nannopterum harrisi

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Flightless cormorant Nannopterum harrisi at Punta Espinosa on the Island of Fernandina Galapagos Ecuador South America This seabird is endemic to the Galapagos A lack of predators has influenced its flightlessness and like a penguin it swims underwater

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Location: Fernandina Galapagos Ecuador
Photo credit: © Andrew Linscott / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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