Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Phalacrocorax auritus
Author (Lesson, 1831)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174717
Common Names English: Double-crested Cormorant
French: Cormoran à aigrettes
Spanish: Cormorán orejudo
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Suliformes
          Family: Phalacrocoracidae
            Genus: Phalacrocorax
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus
Subspecies: Phalacrocorax auritus auritus
Subspecies: Phalacrocorax auritus cincinatus
Subspecies: Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus
Subspecies: Phalacrocorax auritus heuretus
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#174717
StatusIUCN:LC
#records8,472
#datasets29
Years1929 - 2006
Latitudes18.21 - 62.31
Longitudes-169.83 - -52.96