Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) Science Article 4 abstract Breeding behavior and sex roles of nesting Anhingas were studied in San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico during July and August 1975. The Anhingas nested in a mixed species colony of egrets, herons, and cormorants. The egg-laying period for Anhingas was 21 days. Anhingas built nests in the open areas […]
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, […]
Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
[order] SULIFORMES | [family] Sulidae | [latin] Sula dactylatra | [UK] Masked Booby | [FR] Fou masque | [DE] Maskentolpel | [ES] Piquero Enmascarado | [NL] Maskergent Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Sula dactylatra TrO widespread Sula dactylatra bedouti s and e Indian Ocean Sula dactylatra californica islands […]