Red-legged Cormorant
Poikilocarbo gaimardi(Garnot, P, 1828)
English (US) Red-legged Cormorant
The Red-legged Cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi) 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: coastal north-central Peru to south-central Chile; isolated population in coastal southern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Poikilocarbo gaimardi
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Red-legged Cormorant
- Described by
- (Garnot, P, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carbo Gaimardi
- Described by
- (Garnot, P, 1828)
- Type locality
- 'Lima, au Perou' = San Lorenzo Island, roadstead of Lima, fide Lesson, 1831, Traite Ornith., livr. 8, p. 605.
- Original description
- Voyage autour du Monde exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 (etc.). Zoologie 1 livr.7 p.601, pl.48
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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