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Double-crested Cormorant

Phalacrocorax auritus

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Water bird.

Notes:

Verified in the book. Birds of the Puget Sound Region. By Bob Morse, Tom Aversa, and Hal Opperman.

Species ID Suggestions

Brandt's Cormorant

Phalacrocorax penicillatus
MrsPbio
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Pelagic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax pelagicus

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JackGraham
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Comments (1)
MrsPbio
Throat patch on Brandt's is orange, and more extensive; Pelagic throat patch, from what I can see in my books, is small and red, and hard to see. Call me stubborn, but I say Brandt's. :)

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PublishedSeptember 15, 2014

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