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31: 75: 50: 306: 627: 197: 415:. The bird's droppings were such an important source of fertilizer to the peoples of the Andes that it was protected by Inca rulers, who supposedly made disturbing the cormorants in any way punishable by death. The common name is an adaptation of the South American Spanish 329:. It has roseate feet. The head, neck and back are black as are the outer parts of the thighs. The throat patch, breast and belly are white. In breeding plumage it has a few white feathers on the sides of the head and neck. 381:
and degradation and over-fishing have resulted in a steady decline of the population of about 30% from an estimated figure of three million birds in 1984. This species is listed as
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on flat surfaces on offshore islands or remote headlands. There are up to three nests per square meter in high-density
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Cullen, David J. (1988). "Mineralogy of nitrogenous guano on the Bounty Islands, SW Pacific Ocean".
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to the end of the tail. Its bill is grayish with some red at the base. The face is red with a green
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Breeding occurs year round with a peak in November and December. The
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The scientific name commemorates the French explorer
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The guanay cormorant is similar in coloration to the
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of approximately 63 × 40 mm in size.
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London: HarperCollinsPublishers. 451:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 394:International Ornithologists' Union 13: 508:10.1111/j.1365-3091.1988.tb00995.x 396:, place this species in the genus 14: 1641: 619: 625: 73: 440:BirdLife International (2018). 402:. Others place it in the genus 514: 479: 222:Phalacrocorax bougainvilliorum 1: 426: 413:Louis Antoine de Bougainville 756:Christmas Island frigatebird 7: 1057: 968: 814: 720: 444:Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum 367:, which thrive in the cold 309:Immatures in Pucusana, Peru 245:Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum 218:Phalacrocorax bougainvillii 179:Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum 10: 1646: 1625:Taxa named by René Lesson 1417: 1296: 1276: 1256: 1226: 1188: 1147: 1071: 1056: 1047: 1043: 1025: 982: 967: 958: 954: 929: 891: 873: 828: 813: 804: 800: 782: 734: 719: 710: 706: 680: 458:: e.T22696810A133553624. 215: 208: 203: 194: 175: 168: 70:Scientific classification 68: 46: 37: 28: 23: 1567:Leucocarbo-bougainvillii 1449:Leucocarbo bougainvillii 1419:Leucocarbo bougainvillii 1238:Double-crested cormorant 1133:White-breasted cormorant 632:Leucocarbo bougainvillii 547:"BirdLife International" 226:Leucocarbo bougainvillii 161:L. bougainvilliorum 1600:Birds described in 1837 1181:(long-tailed cormorant) 746:Magnificent frigatebird 351:It feeds mainly on the 319:Leucocarbo magellanicus 1310:(Magellanic cormorant) 1140:(Temminck's cormorant) 1113:Little black cormorant 675:(Phalacrocoraciformes) 310: 1319:New Zealand king shag 1174:Little pied cormorant 1108:Black-faced cormorant 751:Ascension frigatebird 308: 248:) is a member of the 1288:Red-legged cormorant 1248:Flightless cormorant 1218:Spectacled cormorant 1038:: Phalacrocoracidae) 942:: Anhingidae · 693:: Fregatidae · 634:at Wikimedia Commons 278:coast appears to be 1243:Neotropic cormorant 1210:Red-faced cormorant 1009:Australasian darter 913:Australasian gannet 789:Gannets and boobies 500:1988Sedim..35..421C 361:Peruvian silverside 40:Conservation status 1620:Birds of Patagonia 1386:South Georgia shag 1321:(rough-faced shag) 1200:Brandt's cormorant 1138:Japanese cormorant 766:Lesser frigatebird 353:Peruvian anchoveta 311: 271:population on the 1577: 1576: 1536:Open Tree of Life 1411:Taxon identifiers 1402: 1401: 1398: 1397: 1394: 1393: 1361:Heard Island shag 1205:Pelagic cormorant 1159:Crowned cormorant 1083:Socotra cormorant 1067: 1066: 1021: 1020: 1017: 1016: 978: 977: 925: 924: 921: 920: 840:Blue-footed booby 824: 823: 778: 777: 774: 773: 761:Great frigatebird 730: 729: 630:Media related to 365:Odontesthes regia 357:Engraulis ringens 298:years. 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Conservation status
Near Threatened
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Suliformes
Phalacrocoracidae
Leucocarbo
Binomial name
Lesson, RP

Synonyms
cormorant
family
Pacific
Peru
Chile
Argentinian
Patagonian
Atlantic
extirpated
Ecuador
Panama
Colombia
El Niño

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