Doubled-crested Cormorant, Nannopterum auritum

Doubled-crested Cormorant, Nannopterum auritum.

Double-crested Cormorant, Nannopterum auritum. Bird photographed in the Los Cabos area of Baja California Sur, December 2019. Photograph courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California.

Double-crested Cormorant, Nannopterum auritum. Photograph taken in coastal waters off Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 2021. Photograph and identification courtesy of Faith Hubsch, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

A waterbird found almost any aquatic habitat along the coast, in bays, lakes and rivers. In Mexico found along the entire coast of the Gulf of Mexico and in all waters of the Pacific south to Puerto Vallarta. From a conservation perspective the Double-crested Cormorant is currently considered to of Least Concern with stable, widely-distributed populations.

Family:  Phalacrocoracidae:  Cormorants and Shags