Birds of the World - Nannopterum


Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) Range: NA, MA: widespread coastal and inland temperate and subtropical North America from e Aleutian Is. and Gulf of St. Lawrence to s Baja California, Yucatan Pen., Cuba and Bahamas Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Larger than the tropical cormorant species. This individual does not show a crest.
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Double-crested because it Sometimes has two sets of feathers behind the eyes, sometimes white and sometimes black.


Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) Range: NA, MA, SA: widespread inland and coastal c, s USA to Tierra del Fuego; Bahamas and Cuba Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Smaller than the North American Double-crested Cormorant.
Additional photo.


Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) Vulnerable Range: SA: Fernandina and Isabela is. (w Galápagos) Punta Vicente Roca, Isla Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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