Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) Science Article 1 abstract Anhingas (Anhinga anhinga) commonly spread their wings and perch in the sun, ostensibly to dry wettable feathers (Bent 1922, Life histories of North American Petrels and Pelicans and their allies, Washington,U .S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 230). The flight feathers themselves appear not to become appreciably wet, but the […]
Category: Suliformes
Brandts Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Phalacrocoracidae | [latin] Phalacrocorax penicillatus | [UK] Brandts Cormorant | [FR] Cormoran de Brandt | [DE] Pinselscharbe | [ES] Cormoran de Brandt | [NL] Brandts Aalscholver Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Phalacrocorax penicillatus NA w coast Genus The cosmopolitan genus Phalacrocorax of the Suliformes family includes thirty-five species frequenting coasts […]
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Phalacrocoracidae | [latin] Phalacrocorax auritus | [UK] Double-crested Cormorant | [FR] Cormoran a aigrettes | [DE] Ohrenscharbe | [ES] Cormoran Orejudo | [NL] Geoorde Aalscholver Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The cosmopolitan genus Phalacrocorax of the Suliformes family includes thirty-five species frequenting coasts and islands. The face and throat are naked; the […]
European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Phalacrocoracidae | [latin] Phalacrocorax aristotelis | [UK] European Shag | [FR] Cormoran huppe | [DE] Krahenscharbe | [ES] Cormoran Monudo | [NL] Kuifaalscholver Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The cosmopolitan genus Phalacrocorax of the Suliformes family includes thirty-five species frequenting coasts and islands. The face and throat are naked; the bill is […]
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Phalacrocoracidae | [latin] Phalacrocorax brasilianus | [UK] Neotropic Cormorant | [FR] Cormoran vigua | [DE] Olivenscharbe | [ES] Cormoran Bigua | [NL] Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The cosmopolitan genus Phalacrocorax of the Suliformes family includes thirty-five species frequenting coasts and islands. The face and throat are naked; the bill is long, […]
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Phalacrocoracidae | [latin] Phalacrocorax pelagicus | [UK] Pelagic Cormorant | [FR] Cormoran pelagique | [DE] Meerscharbe | [ES] Cormoran Pelagico | [NL] Pelagische Aalscholver Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The cosmopolitan genus Phalacrocorax of the Suliformes family includes thirty-five species frequenting coasts and islands. The face and throat are naked; the bill […]
Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Phalacrocoracidae | [latin] Phalacrocorax pygmaeus | [UK] Pygmy Cormorant | [FR] Cormoran pygmee | [DE] Zwergscharbe | [ES] Cormoran Pigmeo | [NL] Dwergaalscholver Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The cosmopolitan genus Phalacrocorax of the Suliformes family includes thirty-five species frequenting coasts and islands. The face and throat are naked; the bill is […]
Red-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax urile)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Phalacrocoracidae | [latin] Phalacrocorax urile | [UK] Red-faced Cormorant | [FR] Cormoran a face rouge | [DE] Rotgesicht-Scharbe | [ES] Cormoran Carirrojo | [NL] Roodmaskeraalscholver Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Region Range Phalacrocorax urile PO n coasts Genus The cosmopolitan genus Phalacrocorax of the Suliformes family includes thirty-five species frequenting coasts and […]
Spectacled Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus)
The story One member of this order, the Spectacled Cormorant, can confidently be listed as extinct, but there is one other rather mysterious form that may be. This is a bird known as Kenyon’s Shag (Phalacrocorax kenyoni). It is identified from just three specimens from Amchitka Island, in the Aleutian Archipelago of the north Pacific, […]
Abbotts Booby (Papasula abbotti)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Sulidae | [latin] Papasula abbotti | [UK] Abbotts Booby | [FR] Fou d’Abbott | [DE] Abbott-Tolpel | [ES] Piquero de Abbott | [NL] Abbotts Gent Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Sula abbotti Papasula abbotti IO ne Physical charateristics 79 cm. Black-and-white booby. Dark eye […]