Cormorants
Order: Suliformes. Family: Phalacrocoracidae
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. In Massachusetts, two species have been recorded.
- Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus (n)
- Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo (n)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Massachusetts