Birds of the World

    SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants, Shags)  
Genus: Urile (3 species)


Pelagic Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus resplendens)
Range: PO: coastal Arctic to subtropical North Pacific Ocean, from ne Siberia to n Japan (w North Pacific) and Aleutian Is. to n Baja California (e North Pacific)
Morro Bay, California, United States  
   
Photograph by Tom Benson     Copyright and usage info


Brandt's Cormorant
Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus)
Range: NA, MA: temperate e North Pacific coast: se Alaska to sw Baja California and c Gulf of California (nw Mexico)
San Diego County, California, United States
  Note blue under bill.
   
Photograph by Andy Reago     Copyright and usage info


Red-faced Cormorant
Red-faced Cormorant (Urile urile)
Range: PO: c coastal subarctic North Pacific: Kamchatka, n, c Kuril and Commander is. (se Russia) to s Kuril Is. and e Hokkaido (n Japan; w North Pacific); Aleutian and Pribilof is. (Bering Sea) and s Alaska is. (e North Pacific)
St. Paul Island, Aleutians West, Alaska,  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.



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