Family Phalacrocoracidae: Cormorants

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Brandt’s Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus (1)
Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile
Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus

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Last updated: November 25, 2007