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Pygmy Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 262, February 193, March 303, April 476, May 687, June 749, July 801, August 689, September 506, October 378, November 206, December 161.
United States5,411
Alaska5,411
Italy2,300
Nord-Est1,374
Greece771
Nord-Ovest741
Romania443
Austria439
Macedonia-Thrace432
Turkey429

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

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

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