Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) - HBW 1, p. 345
French: Cormoran de Brandt
German: Pinselscharbe
Spanish: Cormorán Sargento
Other common names: Brown/Penciled/Townsend's Cormorant
Taxonomy: Carbo penicillatus Brandt, 1837, no locality.
Sometimes placed in genus Compsohalieus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coasts of W North America, from SE Alaska to Baja California (Mexico).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A group of birds in the colony Locality Monterey County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2001 5 years ago 15 sec 4.4 -
A group of adult birds in the nests Locality Monterey County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2001 5 years ago 15 sec 3.3 -
A breeding-plumaged individual flying Locality Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Michael Grunow 8 August 2006 5 years ago 3 sec 2.7
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