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Double crested cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus

Double crested cormorant
Double crested cormorant
Double crested cormorant
Double crested cormorant

Size: 32 inches
Overall Color: black
Occurrence: near water
Diet: fish
Nest: platform in tree, colonial
Field Identification: very long neck, broad orange throat patch
Season: summer


Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: pelecaniformes
Family: 16 Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
Genus: Phalacrocorax
Species: auritus

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