Brandt's Cormorant
Urile penicillatus(Brandt, JF, 1837)
English (US) Brandt's Cormorant
The Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus) 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 southern Alaska to Baja California including Gulf of California (northwestern Mexico)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Urile penicillatus
- Order
- Suliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brandt's Cormorant
- Described by
- (Brandt, JF, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carbo penicillatus
- Described by
- (Brandt, JF, 1837)
- Type locality
- Type locality not given.
- Original description
- Bulletin Scientifique publié par l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 3 col.55
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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