Red-faced Cormorant

Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile
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Length: 28 inches Wingspan: 48 inches
Sexes similar
Large, dark waterbird with a long, hooked bill and long tail
Long, thin neck ...

National Wildlife Refuges provide essential habitat for Red-faced Cormorant, and a great number of other species throughout the U.S. and its territories. Unfortunately, the refuge system is often under-funded during the U.S.

Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile
Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): Red-faced Shag, Amchitka Cormorant
Old scientific name(s): Stictocarbo urile, Leucocarbo urile ...

Red-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile
Guanay Cormorant , Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (off Peru, guano collected from nesting colonies of this bird is used to produce internationally traded commercial fertilizer) ...

The double-crested cormorant of the Atlantic coast, Brandt's cormorant of the Pacific coast, and the red-faced cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile, are common forms. The glossy black European cormorant is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.

We also saw Kittlitze's Murrelet, Ancient Murrelet, Parakeet Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet, Red-faced Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant
Common and Thick-billed Murres nest on ledges of the Chiswell Islands. Also Black-legged Kittiwakes.

Neotropic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Double-crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
Red-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile
Pelagic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus ...

Red-faced Cormorant very similar, but has larger, slightly yellowish bill and bare skin reaching above the bill. Immature nearly identical to immature Pelagic Cormorant except for thicker, paler bill.

Phalacrocorax aristotelis - European Shag
Phalacrocorax pelagicus - Pelagic Cormorant
Phalacrocorax urile - Red-faced Cormorant
Pelecanidae
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos- American White Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis- Brown Pelican ...

See also: Cormorant, Pelagic cormorant, Swallow, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Cormorant