What does the Pelagic Cormorant eat?

The Pelagic Cormorant's diet shapes where and when you'll find it. Understanding what it eats helps you predict where to look.

Diet overview

Carnivore (primarily fish and marine invertebrates)

How it forages

Primarily piscivorous, feeding on small, schooling fish (e.g., sandlance, herring, sculpins) and marine invertebrates (e.g., crustaceans, squid). They are pursuit divers, propelling themselves underwater with their feet. They can dive to considerable depths and remain submerged for up to a minute. Often seen drying their wings in a characteristic spread-wing posture after diving.

When it feeds

Diurnal.

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