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

Identification

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Monotypic
Sometimes placed in genus Leucocarbo.

Habitat

Islands and sea shores.

Behaviour

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

In Culture

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

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.
  2. Avibase

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