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 NT    Red-legged Cormorant* Id (Atlas):
    Poikilocarbo gaimardi

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red-legged Cormorant, Red-footed Cormorant, Red-footed Shag, Gaimard's Cormorant

Family
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants)

Size
71 - 76 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson & Garnot, 1828)

Habitat
Rocky coasts with cliffs for nesting and shallow cold productive offshore waters for feeding.

Range (Guide)
Argentina (B), Chile (B), Peru (B).

Vagrant to Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Population
Estimated population is 30,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Human disturbance is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Generally solitary when feeding but may occur in flocks.

Food
Benthic fish and invertebrates.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Red-legged Cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [XC70540]
     by Dan Lane from Alrededores de Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz, Argentina (call)

 
Red-legged Cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi) [XC267552]
     by Heraldo V. Norambuena from Pucusana, Lima, Peru (call)

Subspecies
Atlantic form sometimes considered a subspecies cirriger.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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