Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Science Article 4 abstract The Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus has been protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act since 1972, as a result of a bilateral treaty with Mexico. Since that time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has had authority for cormorant management and conservation. From the late 1970s to […]

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Science Article 5 abstract Double-crested Cormorants Phalacrocorax auritus (hereafter cormorants) first nested in Lake Erie in the mid 1900s and have established numerous successful nesting colonies. Concerns by commercial and recreational fishermen about potential negative effects of this piscivorous species on populations of fishes in Lake Erie, especially walleyes Sander vitreus, […]

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Science Article 1 abstract We examined spatial and temporal foraging patterns of Caspian terns and double-crested cormorants nesting in the ColumbiaRiver estuary, to potentially identify circumstances where juvenile salmonids listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act mightbe more vulnerable to predation by these avian piscivores. Data were collected during the 1998 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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, […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]