#1026 · 🐦 birds

Double-crested Cormorant

🇳🇱 Geoorde Aalscholver ·Nannopterum auritum

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ben Martin Mortimer · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © José Antonio Linage Espinosa · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ben Martin Mortimer · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Eridan Xharahi · CC BY 4.0
6. © Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Ben Martin Mortimer · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Ben Martin Mortimer · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The double-crested cormorant ( Nannopterum auritum ) is a member of the cormorant family of water birds. It is found near rivers and lakes, and in coastal areas, and is widely distributed across North America, from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska down to Florida and Mexico. Measuring 70–90 cm (28–35 in) in length, it is entirely black except for a bare patch of orange-yellow facial skin and some extra plumage that it exhibits in the breeding season, when it grows...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 218,357iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).