Guanay Cormorant
Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum(Lesson, RP, 1837)
English (US) Guanay Cormorant
The Guanay Cormorant (Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags) in the order Suliformes.
Range: breeds coasts and islands off Peru southward to central ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Guanay Cormorant
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carbo Bougainvillii
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1837)
- Type locality
- Valparaiso, Chile.
- Original description
- Journal de la Navigation Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Espérance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826 . Publié par ordre du Roi sous les auspices du Département de la Marine par M. le Baron de Bougainville Capitaine de vaisseau ... &c. 2 p.331
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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