Species profile
Guanay Cormorant
Leucocarbo bougainvillii
Quick answer
Breeding regions are SA. Breeding subregions are coastal Peru to c Chile and sc Argentina.
- Scientific name
- Leucocarbo bougainvillii
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Order
- Suliformes
- Genus
- Leucocarbo
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Guanay 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)