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[[Image:Guanay_Cormorant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter Bono}}<br />Islas Ballesteras, off Paracas, central [[Peru]], March 2002]]
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[[Image:Guanay_Cormorant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Peter Bono<br />Photographed on the Islas Ballesteras, off Paracas, central Peru.]]
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''Phalacrocorax bougainvillii''
==Description==
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This common Humboldt Current species deposits by far the most guano which was harvested in the 19th and 20th centuries.
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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71–76 cm (28-30 in)<br />
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'''Adult'''
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*Erectile crest
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*Black head, neck, back and uppertail-[[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*Red eye
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:Guanay CormorantRR.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Rodrigo+Reyes|Rodrigo Reyes}}<br />Quintero, [[Chile]], November 2006]]
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[[South America]]: found on seacoasts and islands off [[Peru]] and [[Chile]]
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==Taxonomy==
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Sometimes placed in genus ''[[:Category:Phalacrocorax|Phalacrocorax]]''.
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====Subspecies====
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species[[#References|[1]]].
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==Habitat==
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Islands and sea shores. They feed in colder waters of the Humboldt current.
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==Behaviour==
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[[Image:31557guanay-cormorant7102.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Juvenile (lacks red eye)<br />Photo by {{user|Peter+de+Haas|Peter de Haas}}<br />Isla ballestas, [[Peru]], January 2007 ]]
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of fish, which they hunt by diving.
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==In Culture==
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This common Humboldt Current species deposited by far the most of the guano which was harvested in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct24}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen24V14.2}}#Avibase
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Phalacrocorax+bougainvillii}}  
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{{GSearch|"Leucocarbo bougainvilli" {{!}} "Phalacrocorax bougainvilli" {{!}} "Guanay Cormorant"}}
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[[Category:Birds]]

Latest revision as of 20:04, 4 January 2025

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

Phalacrocorax bougainvillii

Identification

71–76 cm (28-30 in)
Adult

  • Erectile crest
  • Black head, neck, back and uppertail-coverts
  • Red eye

Distribution

Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Quintero, Chile, November 2006

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

Taxonomy

Sometimes placed in genus Phalacrocorax.

Subspecies

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Islands and sea shores. They feed in colder waters of the Humboldt current.

Behaviour

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

Diet

Their main diet consists of fish, which they hunt by diving.

In Culture

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

References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Avibase

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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