Neotropic Cormorant
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Neotropic Cormorant
Juvenile
Similar Species
Double-crested Cormorant very similar, but is larger, has a proportionally shorter tail, a rounded base of gular area and gape, and a bright yellow-orange gular area.
Neotropic Cormorant
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
The Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) is a species of South and Central America which barely enters the United States, mainly in south Texas.
The Neotropic Cormorant is very similar to the Double-Crested Cormorant, and is sometimes found with them.
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus. Accidental.
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus. Occasional breeder. Common in all regions in fall, winter, and spring. Fairly common to uncommon in summer.
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax olivaceus
Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga
White Necked (Cocoi) Heron - Ardea cocoi
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
Capped Heron - Philherodius pileatus ...
Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Anhinga, Anhinga anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
Pelagic Species
Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron (Louisiana Heron), Egretta tricolor ...
Some of the more notable species seen on this lake are Neotropic Cormorant (1989), Common Loon, Franklin's Gull (1996), Thayer's Gull (2005), Lesser Black-backed Gull (2001, 2005), Glaucous Gull, and Common Tern (2000).
Paradise Island in the Bahamas is, in my experience, a perfect place to spy these pintails. Undaunted by larger moorhens or Neotropic Cormorants, ...
 See also: Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, Falcon, Swallow, Pelican
  
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