Brandt's Cormorant
Urile penicillatus
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Cormorants and Shags
Call and song
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About the Brandt's Cormorant
Black overall with greenish iridescence on back. Pale buffy feathers at base of bill. Breeding adults have blue skin on throat. Immatures have buffy breast. Strictly coastal. Dives to capture fish. Thicker bill and neck than similar Pelagic Cormorant.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 3 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
