OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Urile (Russian name for Red-faced cormorant) penicillatus ("painter's brush")
Non-breeding Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus) at Monterey, California - September 2022
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 2.2kg / Length: 70-79cm / Wingspan: 124cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Brandt's Cormorant is a marine cormorant species found exclusively on the West Coast of North America, in breeding plumage it has a very distinctive bright blue throat which is uses for display, as well as fine hair like feather along its back which give it it's latin name of pencillatus as they evoke a painters brush.
Related Species:
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
Genus: Urile
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
Resident along the West Coast of the Lower 48
- CALIFORNIA 2022 TRIP: Seen at Monterey
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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