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Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus

Described by: Lesson (1831)
Alternate common name(s): White-crested Cormorant, Farallon Cormorant, Northern Double-crested Cormorant, Florida Cormorant
Old scientific name(s): Hypoleucos auritus

Photographs

Mugu Rock, Mugu State Park, Ventura County, California, USA - Aug 1, 2001 © William Hull  Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Dec 17, 2002 © William Hull  Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA - Dec 17, 2002 © William Hull  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull 
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Range

North America and n. West Indies;
(1) from the e. Aleutians (Unalaska Is.) locally e. to the Yakutat Peninsula and Cape Peirce, w. Gulf of Alaska, Bristol Bay and the Alexander Archipelago, w. Canada and n.to Nunivak Is. Winters in breeding range and along coast of British Columbia (Vancouver Is.).
(2) Ex. sw. British Columbia (Vancouver Is. and Strait of Georgia) s. to se. Oregon (Columbia River Valley), sw. Arizona, lower Colorado River Valley, s. New Mexico and Mexico (Baja and the Gulf of California s. to Guerrero) and the Revillagigedo Is. Breeds locally e. to w. Nevada (Pyramid Lake) and s. to s. Sonora.
(3) Canada (n. Alberta e. through c. Saskatchewan, Manitoba (Lake Winnipeg) and locally se. James Bay to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Newfoundland) in the United States s. to Cape Cod and the Chesapeake Bay and w. to Nebraska and Utah.
Winters along coast of Gulf of Mexico to n. Mexico and Florida.
(4) Coastal North Carolina to w. Florida and West Indies (n. Bahamas on Great Inagua s. to Cat Is., Cuba, Isle of Pines). Formerly in coastal Texas and Man-of-War Key off Belize.
(5) Resident on San Salvador (Watling Is.), e. Bahamas.
Winters in e. United States from New York s. to Florida, Gulf of Mexico coast, Mississippi Valley n. to s. Illinois and Rio Grande valley to s. New Mexico, West Indies, Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula), Belize and on the w. coast from the Aleutians to s. Mexico.
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North America n. of Mexican border
Summer:
(1) ALK (Aleutians to Alexander Archipelago, w. Canada);
(2) Ex. sw. BCO, WAS, ORG, CAL, w. ARZ, NMX. (3) Nc. ALB e. through SAS, MAN (Lake Winnipeg) and locally e. to coastal QUE (se. James Bay, St. Lawrence River Valley and Gaspe Peninsula), NFD, NBR, NSC, PEI, MAE, NHP, MAS (Cape Cod), RID, CNT, NYK, NJY, DEL, MYD, VIR, locally in lower MIC, IND, ILL, se. IWA, se. MOU, nw. KAN, sw. OKA, w. NEB, then w. from c. ONT, s. to upper peninsula of MIC, c. WIS, s. MIN (upper Mississippi Valley), se. SDK, nw. NDK, w. MON, se. IDH, WYO (Yellowstone), e. COL, nc. UTH and recently in NMX.
(4) S. NCA, SCA, GEO to w. FLA;
Winter: NYK, NJY, DEL, MYD, VIR, NCA, SCA, GEO, FLA, ALA, MIS, LOU, e. TEX, se. ARK, w. TEN, w. KTY, se. MOU, s. ILL, ALK, BCO, WAS, ORG, CAL, se. ARZ.

Videos

Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte County, Indiana, USA - Nov 4, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico - Mar 8, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Bird is swimming and then takes flight.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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