Where’s Wildlife · Bird Field Guide

Double-crested Cormorant

Nannopterum auritum

Pronounced (approx.): nan-NOP-ter-um aw-RYE-tum

After diving, cormorants often perch with their wings spread.

Three Identification Clues

A dark waterbird with a long neck, long tail, and hooked bill.

Orange-yellow bare skin surrounds the base of the bill and throat.

Young birds can have a paler brown neck and breast.

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Observation records are not a complete range map.

Compare several photographs and listen to recordings to connect appearance with voice.