Cormorants
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae /See Cormorant
Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of coloured skin on the face. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. Their feet are four-toed and webbed, a distinguishing feature among the Pelecaniformes order. There are 36 species worldwide, and 6 North American species.
- Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus Permanent in Gulf of California
- Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus (C)? from Coastal and Central Mexico
- ( * SW) Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus Permanent
- (SW)Olivaceous Cormorant (Mexican Cormorant), Phalacrocorax olivaceous (C) (Any month) More common in Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean–(more recently observed at Salton Sea and Lake Mead)
- Pelagic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus (from Calif. coast)
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