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| − | [[Image:Brandts_Cormorant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fulmar]] | + | ''Phalacrocorax penicillatus'' |
| − | + | [[Image:Brandts_Cormorant.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Fulmar|Fulmar}}<br />La Jolla, San Diego County, [[California]], [[USA]], 10 February 2004]] | |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | [[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]] | ||
| + | 27.6-31.1 in (70-79 cm)<br /> | ||
| + | *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<br /> | ||
| + | '''Juvenile''': brownish-black with pale brown blaze across chest. | ||
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| + | ====Similar Species==== | ||
| + | [[File:Brandts_Cormorant_Flight_KAT.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|katastrofa|katastrofa}}<br />Vancouver Island, [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], 3 December 2019]] | ||
| + | [[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== | ||
| + | Pacific coast of [[North America]] from southern [[Alaska]] to [[Baja California]]. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
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| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Open sea, rocky islands for breeding. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | [[Image:LaJolla 394-3.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Breeding plumage<br />Photo © by {{user|mrcolin2u|mrcolin2u}}<br />La Jolla, [[California]], [[USA]], February 2008]] | ||
| + | ====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. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#{{Ref-AllAboutBirds}} | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | + | {{GSearch|"Urile penicillatus" {{!}} "Brandt's Cormorant" {{!}} "Phalacrocorax penicillatus" }} | |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | {{GS-checked}}1. |
| + | <br /> | ||
| + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Urile]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:53, 6 May 2023
- Urile penicillatus
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/
- Information from the All About Birds website, https://www.allaboutbirds.org/, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brandt's Cormorant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brandt%27s_Cormorant
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1.
