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Double-crested Cormorant

Animals; Birds

The Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It occurs along inland waterways as well as in coastal areas, and is widely distributed across ...

Red-faced Cormorant

Animals; Birds

The Red-faced Cormorant, Red-faced Shag or Violet Shag, Phalacrocorax urile, is a species of cormorant that is found in the far north of the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.

Pallas's Cormorant

Animals; Birds

The Spectacled Cormorant or Pallas's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) is an extinct marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabited Bering Island and possibly other places in ...

Brandt's Cormorant

Animals; Birds

The Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) is a strictly marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabits the Pacific coast of North America.

Brown Booby

Animals; Birds

The Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands and coasts in the pantropical areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Western Reef Egret

Animals; Birds

The Western Reef Heron, Egretta gularis, also known as the Western Reef Egret, is a medium-sized heron. It occurs mainly on the coasts in tropical west Africa, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and east ...

Snowy Egret

Animals; Birds

The Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World Little Egret.

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