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Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 1,477, February 1,279, March 1,332, April 1,652, May 1,604, June 1,180, July 1,011, August 1,029, September 1,306, October 1,334, November 1,716, December 1,323.
United States690,266
California16,242
Texas14,438
Mexico10,639
Oklahoma9,580
Mississippi7,546
Utah7,165
Canada5,552
Ontario5,239
Argentina3,966

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderGannets, Cormorants, and Allies · Suliformes
FamilyCormorants and Shags · Phalacrocoracidae
GenusAmerican Cormorants · Nannopterum

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