Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)

Guanay Cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii) - HBW 1, p. 347

French: Cormoran de Bougainville German: Guanoscharbe Spanish: Cormorán Guanay

Taxonomy: Carbo Bougainvillii Lesson, 1837, Valparaíso, Chile.
Sometimes placed in genus Leucocarbo. Monotypic.

Distribution: Coasts of Peru and N Chile, with bulk of population off C Peru; SC Argentina.