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The white-breasted cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) is a species of cormorant closely related to the widely distributed great cormorant.While debate persists over whether it constitutes a distinct species or a regional variant of the great cormorant, its distinguishing features include a white breast and a preference for freshwater habitats among its subpopulations. [2]
They range in size from the pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus), at as little as 45 cm (18 in) and 340 g ... white-breasted and Japanese cormorants. [20]
Indian cormorant: Phalacrocorax fuscicollis: 18 Cape cormorant: Phalacrocorax capensis: 19 Japanese cormorant: Phalacrocorax capillatus: 20 White-breasted cormorant: Phalacrocorax lucidus: 21 Great cormorant: Phalacrocorax carbo: 22 European shag: Gulosus aristotelis: 23 Flightless cormorant: Nannopterum harrisi: 24 Neotropic cormorant ...
The great cormorant is a large black bird, but there is a wide variation in size in the species' wide range. Weight is reported to vary from 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) [ 10 ] to 5.3 kg (11 lb 11 oz). [ 11 ]
Adult in breeding plumage with white crests Juvenile plumage, California. The double-crested cormorant is a large waterbird with a stocky body, long neck, medium-sized tail, webbed feet, and a medium-sized hooked bill. It has a body length of between 70 and 90 cm (28 and 35 in) long, with a wingspan of between 114 and 123 cm (45 and 48 in).
Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixels. Other resolutions: ... English: White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus immature, Kazinga Channel, Uganda.
English: Four adult White-breasted cormorants in breeding plumage, and one immature bird (behind), in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. The second bird from left shows dark gular skin, as it is coming into breeding condition.
The neotropic cormorant or olivaceous cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) 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 United States south through Mexico and Central America to southern South America, where it is called by the indigenous name of biguá.