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[[Image:Brandts_Cormorant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Fulmar|Fulmar}}<br />La Jolla, San Diego County, [[California]], [[USA]], 10 February 2004]] | [[Image:Brandts_Cormorant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Fulmar|Fulmar}}<br />La Jolla, San Diego County, [[California]], [[USA]], 10 February 2004]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 27.6-31.1 in (70-79 cm)<br /> | |
*Black body | *Black body | ||
| − | *White plumes on neck and back | + | *White plumes on neck and back in breeding season |
| − | * | + | *Pale tan throat framing to blue throat patch during breeding season |
*Long, hooked bill | *Long, hooked bill | ||
| − | * | + | *Medium length tail<br /> |
| − | '''Juvenile''': brownish-black | + | '''Juvenile''': brownish-black with pale brown blaze across chest. |
| − | [[Image:Brandt'sCormorantIMG 9937.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo © by {{user|jmorlan|Joseph Morlan}}<br />Half Moon Bay, [[California]], [[USA]], 25 August 2020]] | + | [[Image:Brandt'sCormorantIMG 9937.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo © by {{user|jmorlan|Joseph Morlan}}<br />Half Moon Bay, |
| + | [[California]], [[USA]], 25 August 2020]] | ||
| + | ====Similar Species==== | ||
| + | [[Pelagic Cormorant]] is smaller with thinner bill, thinner neck, smaller head and longer tail. In breeding season Pelagic has dark crest and white flank patches. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Pacific coast of [[North America]] from southern [[Alaska]] to [[Baja California]]. | Pacific coast of [[North America]] from southern [[Alaska]] to [[Baja California]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:05, 12 September 2020
- Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Identification
27.6-31.1 in (70-79 cm)
- Black body
- White plumes on neck and back in breeding season
- Pale tan throat framing to blue throat patch during breeding season
- Long, hooked bill
- Medium length tail
Juvenile: brownish-black with pale brown blaze across chest.
Similar Species
Pelagic Cormorant is smaller with thinner bill, thinner neck, smaller head and longer tail. In breeding season Pelagic has dark crest and white flank patches.
Distribution
Pacific coast of North America from southern Alaska to Baja California.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Open sea, rocky islands for breeding.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fish.
Breeding
Nests are large and untidy, made of terrestrial plants or seaweed, placed on the ground or on rocky outcrops.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 2019. Brandt%27s_Cormorant in: All About Birds. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/ Accessed on 12 September 2020
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brandt's Cormorant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brandt%27s_Cormorant
