Neotropical Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)

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Photo by Scarletthdz

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

This bird is 64 cm long with a 100 cm wingspan. Adults males weigh from 1.1 to 1.5 kg, adult females 50 to 100 grams less. Birds of the southern populations tend to be bigger than the more northerly birds.

Habitat:

Is a medium-sized cormorant found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, from the middle Rio Grande and the Gulf and Californian coasts of the USA south through Mexico and Central America to southern South America.

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