Brandt's cormorant
E672974
Brandt's cormorant is a large, dark-bodied marine bird of the Pacific coast of North America, known for its bright blue throat patch during breeding season and its habit of nesting in dense colonies on offshore rocks and islands.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
cormorant ⓘ |
| authority | (Brandt, 1837) ⓘ |
| averageLength | approximately 84 cm ⓘ |
| averageWingspan | approximately 122 cm ⓘ |
| billColor | dark bill ⓘ |
| bodySize | large cormorant ⓘ |
| breedingPlumageFeature |
bright blue throat patch
ⓘ
white filoplumes on head and neck ⓘ |
| breedingRange |
Baja California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf of Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Aves ⓘ |
| clutchSize | typically 3 to 4 eggs ⓘ |
| commonName |
Brandt cormorant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brandt's cormorant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | California Current system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eggColor | pale bluish white ⓘ |
| family | Phalacrocoracidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foragingDepth | dives to moderate depths for prey ⓘ |
| foragingHabitat | nearshore marine waters ⓘ |
| foragingStrategy | pursuit diving ⓘ |
| genus | Urile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
marine coastal waters
ⓘ
nearshore islands ⓘ offshore rocks ⓘ sea cliffs ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Least Concern ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| legColor | black legs ⓘ |
| migratoryBehavior | partially migratory ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Johann Friedrich von Brandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North Pacific Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific coast of North America ⓘ |
| nestingBehavior | colonial nester ⓘ |
| nestingSite |
islands
ⓘ
offshore rocks ⓘ |
| nonBreedingRange |
northwestern Mexico
ⓘ
southern Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Suliformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| plumageColor | dark-bodied ⓘ |
| scientificName | Urile penicillatus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialBehavior | forms dense breeding colonies ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
disturbance at breeding colonies
ⓘ
entanglement in fishing gear ⓘ oil pollution ⓘ |
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