Cormorants
Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of colored 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 South Carolina, two species have been recorded.
- Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
- Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of South Carolina