Neotropic Cormorant - BirdForum Opus

Alternative names: Neotropical Cormorant; Olivaceous Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Photo by Aracari
Location: Sao Paulo Botanical Gardens

Identification

L. 64 cm
W. 100 cm
Weight 1-1.5 kg

• Black
• Yellow-brown throat patch

Breeding

• White tufts on the sides of the head
• Throat patch develops a white edge

Juvenile

Brownish

Distribution

Mexico, southern Texas, locally in New Mexico. Accidental vagrant to California, Colorado, Okahoma, Kanasa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, Alabama and most remarkably Ontario¹.

Behaviour

Diet

Includes small fish, but will also eat tadpoles, frogs, and aquatic insects.

Breeding

The nest is a platform of sticks with a depression in the centre circled with twigs and grass. Up to 5 chalky, bluish-white eggs are laid and are incubated by both parents for about 25–30 days.

References

1. 2005 Ontario Bird Records Committee Report (http://www.ofo.ca/obrc/includes/2005OBRCReport.pdf)

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