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Brandt's Cormorant

From Opus

Photo by FulmarLocation:  La Jolla, San Diego County, California, USA
Photo by Fulmar
Location: La Jolla, San Diego County, California, USA
Phalacrocorax penicillatus

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[edit] Identification

68cm. Black body, white plumes on neck and back, blue throat patch during breeding season, long, hooked bill and long tail.

[edit] Distribution

Pacific coast of North America.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Open sea, rocky islands for breeding.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fish.

Nests are large and untidy, made of terrestrial plants or seaweed, placed on the ground or on rocky outcrops.

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