Species profile
Brandt's Cormorant
Urile penicillatus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are NA, MA. Breeding subregions are temperate e North Pacific coast: se Alaska to sw Baja California and c Gulf of California (nw Mexico). Non breeding regions are to c Gulf of Alaska and to wc Mexico.
- Scientific name
- Urile penicillatus
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Genus
- Urile
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Brandt's Cormorant in your journal
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Related species in Phalacrocoracidae
- Auckland Islands Shag (Leucocarbo colensoi)
- Bank Cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
- Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
- Borvocarbo guilloti (Borvocarbo guilloti)
- Borvocarbo stoeffelensis (Borvocarbo stoeffelensis)
- Borvocarbo tardatus (Borvocarbo tardatus)
- Bounty Shag (Leucocarbo ranfurlyi)
- Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)