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Phalacrocorax bougainvillii

Photo by Peter Bono
Islas Ballesteras, off Paracas, central Peru, March 2002

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South America: found on seacoasts and islands off Peru and Chile

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic

[edit] Habitat

Islands and sea shores.

[edit] Behaviour

Juvenile (lacks red eye)
Photo by Peter de Haas
Isla ballestas, Peru, January 2007

[edit] In Culture

This common Humboldt Current species deposits by far the most guano which was harvested in the 19th and 20th centuries.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

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