Overview
The droppings of this bird, chief among "guano" producing species, are used as fertilizer . Colonies of more thatn 100,000 birds were known before human exploitation.
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Guanay Cormorant
Common Names in French:
Cormoran De Bougainville
Common Names in German:
Guanoscharbe
Description
Family Phalacrocoracidae
Medium-to-large fish-eating coastal seabirds that catch their prey by diviing from the surface, and outswimming it underwater.
Physical Description
Adult : Head : shiny black Face : bare, red Eye Ring: green Facial Skin : red Bill: grayish with touch of red at base Neck: shiny black Throat : white Body: Back: shiny black Belly: white Breast: white Legs : Foot Color: pink.Adult Breeding Season : Head: shiny black Sides: a few white feathers Face: bare, red Eye Ring: green Facial Skin: red Bill: grayish with touch of red at base Neck: shiny black Sides: a few white feathers Throat: white Body: Back: shiny black Belly: white Breast: white Legs: Foot Color: pink.
Habitat
Vegetation: freshwater marshes, coastal waters • Foraging Strata: Water • Center of Abundance: Lower subtropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: High
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,230 meters (0 to 4,035 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:9.1Marine Neritic - Pelagic
13.1Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea
Cliffs
and Rocky Offshore Islands
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Pelecaniformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Pelicans, Tropic-Birds, Cormorants, Anihingas, Boobies, and Frigate Birds
- Suborder:
Ciconii
()
-
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Sulida
()
- Superfamily:
Phalacrocoracoidea
()
- Family:
Phalacrocoracidae
()
- Reichenbach, 1850
- Cormorants
- Genus:
Phalacrocorax
()
- Brisson 1760 Orn. 1 p.60; 6 p.511
- Specific name:
bougainvillii
- (Lesson)1837 J.Navig.Thet.Esperance[Bougainville] 2 p.331
- Scientific name: - Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (Lesson)1837
- Specific name:
bougainvillii
- (Lesson)1837 J.Navig.Thet.Esperance[Bougainville] 2 p.331
- Genus:
Phalacrocorax
(
- Family:
Phalacrocoracidae
(
- Superfamily:
Phalacrocoracoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Sulida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
- Order:
Pelecaniformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Phalacrocorax
There are approximately 121 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
P. africanus (Long-Tailed Cormorant) · P. africanus africanus (African Long-Tailed Cormorant) · P. africanus pictilis (Madagascar Long-Tailed Cormorant) · P. albiventer (King Cormorant) · P. albiventer albiventer (King Cormorant) · P. albiventer melanogenis · P. albiventer verrucosus · P. albiventor · P. albiventor albiventor · P. albiventor melanogenis · P. albiventor purpurascens · P. albus · P. aristotelis (European Shag) · P. aristotelis aristotelis (European Shag) · P. aristotelis desmarestii · P. aristotelis riggenbachi · P. atriceps (Imperial Shag) · P. atriceps albiventer · P. atriceps atriceps · P. atriceps bransfieldensis · P. atriceps georgianus · P. atriceps nivalis · P. atriceps purpurascens · P. auritus (Double-Crested Cormorant) · P. auritus albociliatus (Double-Crested Cormorant) · P. auritus auritus (Double-Crested Cormorant) · P. auritus cincinatus (Double-Crested Cormorant) · P. auritus floridanus (Double-Crested Cormorant) · P. auritus heuretus · P. bicristatus · P. bougainvillei (Guanay Cormorant) · P. bougainvilli · P. bougainvillii (Guanay Cormorant) · P. bouganvillei · P. bouganvillii · P. bransfieldensis (Antarctic Shag) · P. brasilianus (Olivaceous Cormorant) · P. brasilianus brasilianus (Olivaceous Cormorant) · P. brasilianus chanco · P. brasilianus hornensis · P. brasilianus mexicanus (Mexican Cormorant) · P. brasilianus olivaceus · P. campbelli (Campbell Islands Cormorant) · P. campbelli colensoi · P. capensis (Cape Cormorant) · P. capillatus (Japanese Cormorant) · P. carbo (European Cormorant) · P. carbo carbo (European Cormorant) · P. carbo hanedae · P. carbo honedae · P. carbo lucidus (Great Cormorant) · P. carbo lugubris · P. carbo maroccanus · P. carbo novaehollandiae · P. carbo patricki · P. carbo sinensis · P. carbo steadi · P. carunculatus (New Zealand King Shag) · P. carunculatus onslowi · P. chalconotus (Stewart Island Shag) · P. colensoi (Auckland Islands Shag) · P. coronatus (Crowned Cormorant) · P. featherstoni (Chatham Islands Cormorant) · P. femoralis · P. filamentosus · P. finschi · P. fuscescens (Black-Faced Cormorant) · P. fuscicollis (Indian Cormorant) · P. gaimardi (Red-Legged Cormorant) · P. georgianus (South Georgia Shag) · P. gramlus · P. gutturalis · P. harrisi (Galapagos Flightless Cormorant) · P. intermedius · P. kennelli · P. kenyoni (Amchitka Cormorant) · P. littoralis · P. lucidus · P. lucidus gutturalis · P. lucidus lugubris · P. lugubris · P. magellanicus (Magellan Cormorant) · P. marinavis · P. mediterraneus · P. melanogenis · P. melanoleucos (Little Pied Cormorant) · P. melanoleucos brevicauda · P. melanoleucos brevirostris (Little Pied Cormorant) · P. melanoleucos melanoleucos (Little Pied Cormorant) · P. melanoleucos melvillensis · P. melanoleucus · P. neglectus (Bank Cormorant) · P. niger (Javanese (Pygmy) Cormorant) · P. nigrogularis (Socotra Cormorant) · P. olivaceus (Phalacrocorax Olivaceus) · P. olivaceus brasilianus · P. olivaceus mexicanus (Phalacrocorax Olivaceus) · P. olivaceus olivaceus · P. onslowi (Chatham Islands Shag) · P. pelagicus (Violet-Green Cormorant)
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Further Reading
- BirdLife International 2006. Threatened Birds of the World 2006. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2006.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. ENG url p. 150.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 331, p. 387.
- Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] ENG url p. 561.
- Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage / by Richard Hesse prepared by W. C. Allee and Karl P. Schmidt New York: J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1937. ENG url p. 487, p. 585.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 479, p. 65.
- The birds of Chile, by Charles E. Hellmayr. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1932. ENG url p. 299.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2006. Phalacrocorax bougainvillii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 4, 2006.
- Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY USA
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 09, 2008:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Aves (spirit preserved)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851719
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174735
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13847243
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174735
- IUCN ID: 49559
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152708
Footnotes
- Mean = 170.450 meters (559.219 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,233.250 based on 11 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
