List of Birds of Oklahoma - Cormorants

Cormorants

Order: Pelecaniformes. 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.

  • Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus
  • Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus

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