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Double-crested Cormorant Range Map

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Range Map for Double-crested Cormorant

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Migration

Resident to medium-distance migrant. Populations in the continental interior and northern Atlantic Coast migrate to the southern and southeastern U.S.; western populations migrate to the Pacific Coast; Florida, coastal Pacific Northwest, and coastal Mexican populations do not migrate.

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Cormorants and Shags(Order: Suliformes, Family: Phalacrocoracidae)

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