Pelagic Cormorant Photo Gallery

Pelagic Cormorant Breeding adult
Breeding adult

Large, slender waterbird—but smaller than most other cormorants, with a slender neck and thin bill. Black overall with a green sheen on the body.

© Jesse Amesbury | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 16, 2016
Pelagic Cormorant Breeding adult
Breeding adult

In flight, breeding birds show white patches on the lower flanks.

© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 31, 2016
Nonbreeding adult

© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, February 04, 2012Not all videos have sound
Pelagic Cormorant Nonbreeding adult
Nonbreeding adult

Large, slender waterbird with a thin neck and small bill. Nonbreeding birds are blackish overall.

© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, November 03, 2015
Pelagic Cormorant Breeding adult
Breeding adult

Breeding adults have white patches on the flanks, a greenish sheen on the body, a purplish sheen on the head, and a red chin patch.

© Janet Kelly | Macaulay LibraryOregon, April 29, 2017
Breeding adults and juveniles

© Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryAlaska, July 01, 1998Not all videos have sound
Pelagic Cormorant Breeding adult
Breeding adult

Breeding birds look dark overall but in the right light the body has a green sheen and the head a purplish sheen.

© David Badke | Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, March 14, 2017
Pelagic Cormorant Immature and nonbreeding adult
Immature and nonbreeding adult

Slender waterbird with a small head, thin neck, and thin bill. Immature and nonbreeding birds are dark overall.

© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, September 07, 2015
Breeding adult

© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 12, 2012Not all videos have sound
Pelagic Cormorant Adult
Adult

Breeds and roosts along rocky coasts and forages in coastal waters, never far from land. Smaller with a more slender neck and thinner bill than Double-crested Cormorant (center right, with light brown chest).

© Bernardo Alps | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, April 10, 2017
Nonbreeding adult

© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, January 22, 2012Not all videos have sound

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

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