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Double-crested Cormorant & Neotropic Cormorant (mated pair with chick in nest)

Phalacrocorax auritus & Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

I watched this pair of cormorants each taking a turn sitting on the nest at Wakodahatchee Wetlands. It would be interesting to see what the hybrid baby looks like when mature.

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Comments (2)
Tom15
Thanks Ava. I skimmed through the article and it makes me think that the cormorant in this picture without the white on the face might be a hybrid breeding with a Neotropic Cormorant.
Ava T-B
Here's an article about this hybridization (I haven't actually read it ;) ) http://www.okbirds.org/nab-v63-n2-2009-cormorant-hybridization.pdf

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