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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]
Japanese cormorant or Temminck's cormorant, Phalacrocorax capillatus; White-breasted cormorant, Phalacrocorax lucidus; Great cormorant or black shag, Phalacrocorax carbo; Mostly around Indian Ocean, one species group extending throughout Eurasia and to Atlantic North America. Maritime to freshwater.
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 ...
White-breasted cormorant. Phalacrocorax lucidus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) the Cape Verde Islands to Guinea-Bissau and from Angola to the Cape of Good Hope and northwards on the east coast to Mozambique. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Great cormorant or black shag Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
At its 2013 peak, this was the largest double-crested cormorant colony in North America, with some 30,000 birds, more than 40% of the species’ population in the western U.S., according to the Corps.
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).
fishing colony in Latvia. The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds. [2]
This helps to prevent nitrates from evaporating and protects their use as fertilizer. Another reason for the guano's value is that it comes from fish-eating birds. Due to relative isolation from natural predators, guano-producing birds such as the white-breast cormorant and gray pelican have increased in number.