Double-crested Cormorant
Nannopterum auritum(Lesson, RP, 1831)
English (US) Double-crested Cormorant
The Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) 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.
- Scientific name
- Nannopterum auritum
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Nannopterum auritum cincinatum
- Nannopterum auritum albociliatum
- Nannopterum auritum auritum
- Nannopterum auritum floridanum
- Nannopterum auritum heuretum
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Carbo auritus
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1831)
- Type locality
- New Zealand; error, North America.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.8 p.605
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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